Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL seeking fresh probe into Rafale deal

The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking it to order an inquiry into the Rafale fighter jet purchase deal on the basis of reports that French investigators had found that 1 million Euros were paid to a middleman to secure the Indian order.

A bench of Justices U U Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat said, “Having gone through the facts and circumstances of the case on record, in our considered view, no case is made out to exercise jurisdiction of this court Article 32 of the Constitution”.

Lawyer M L Sharma told the bench that he was confining his plea to the request to summon the documents of the French investigator.