A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat told Sharma that the court was not inclined to entertain the plea. "No case is made out for interference of this court...," said the bench.
The BJP charge against the Congress party and its leaders came in the wake of reports appearing in the French web portal 'Mediapart' alleging that commissions were paid to the party and its leaders during the UPA regime.
'Will the government say if that obligation was fulfilled?' he asked
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'courage and decisiveness', the minister said the Rafale jets were purchased only because the PM took the right decision to get them through an Inter-Governmental Agreement with France, after the long pending procurement case for them could not progress.
This is the first batch of 36 Rafale fighter jets for which India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in 2016 for Rs 58,000 crore.
Ecstatic over the SC's decision to examine fresh revelations on the Rafale deal, Gandhi had claimed a moral victory and said that the court has made it clear that PM Modi had 'committed theft'.
The CAG is not a bloodhound. He is always referred to as a constitutional watchdog. There is of course an inherent systemic issue when a committed bureaucrat is appointed as CAG. He might then tend to become an extra loyal lapdog
The book, titled Nattai Ulukkum Rafale Bera Uzhaal' (Rafale scam that is rocking the nation), is written by social activist S Vijayan.
The government on Wednesday claimed that certain documents related to Rafale were stolen from the Defence Ministry and that the petitioners had violated the Official Secrets Act by relying on classified papers.
Continuing his tirade against PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said the Prime Minister had performed a 'bypass surgery' in the Rafale deal.
