The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Tuesday to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December’s verdict by which the apex court had dismissed the pleas challenging India’s deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not allow the plea of the Centre that it be granted four weeks time to file its response to the pleas.
It asked it to submit the response latest by Saturday.
The bench, which also comprised Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, has fixed May 6 for hearing the petitions.
