The Supreme Court Friday dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the Rafale deal. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said it was satisfied by the procurement process and that it did not find any reason to interfere in the pricing details or the offset partner chosen as part of the deal.
In a series of twitt ANI reported the verdict of SC.
Supreme Court: We don’t find any material to show that it’s commercial favouritism #RafaleDeal
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2018
Supreme Court: We are satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process. A country can’t afford to be underprepared. Not correct for the Court to sit as an appellant authority and scrutinise all aspects. #RafaleDeal https://t.co/djJheTLAhr
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2018
Home minister said it was fair deal, was crystal clear from day one.
Supreme Court: We are satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process. A country can’t afford to be underprepared. Not correct for the Court to sit as an appellant authority and scrutinise all aspects. #RafaleDeal https://t.co/djJheTLAhr
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2018
However Prashant Bhushan was not happy with the view of SC.
Prashant Bhushan: In our opinion the Supreme Court judgement is totally wrong, the campaign will certainly not drop and we will decide if we will file a review petition #Rafaledeal https://t.co/djJheTLAhr
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2018
