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.
The CAG report said India has managed to save 17.08 per cent money for the India Specific Enhancements in the 36 Rafale contract, compared to the 126 aircraft deal.
The protests featured TMC and Congress workers who were also joined by Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, and party leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Reliance Defence issued a statement saying that the "proposed MoU" mentioned in a purported email cited by Congress chief was a reference to its cooperation with Airbus Helicopter and not with the Rafale jet deal.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday trained his guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a report published by a daily stated that the government removed the anti-corruption clause from the Rafale fighter jet defence deal.
Speaking in Patna on Saturday, Singh slammed the opposition parties for questioning the PM’s integrity in connection with the Rafale deal.
