SC rejects Centre’s objection to new documents in Rafale review case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the central government’s plea that since documents related to the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets were stolen from the defence ministry, these should not be part of the review petition moved in the case. The government had objected to three such documents being taken on record, alleging that the petitioners had made unauthorised copies of the documents, which amounted to violation of the Official Secrets Act.
The review petition, a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi said, “will be adjudicated on its own merit by taking into account the relevance of the contents of the three documents”.
