An investigation into the theft is on, Attorney general K K Venugopal said
The Centre, which accused former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and lawyer Prashant Bhushan of relying on stolen documents to seek a review of the judgment dismissing petitions on the Rafale deal, faced searching queries from the Supreme Court. “Are these documents untouchable” for consideration by the courts, it was asked.
“We can understand you saying petitioners came with unclean hands. That they got the documents through doubtful sources. But it is another thing to say the court cannot consider these documents at all. That they are untouchable,” said a Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
