SC reserves verdict on petitions seeking review of verdict on Rafale deal

Petitioners say government misled court by submitting false information about Rafale fighter jet deal.

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on petitions asking it to review its December-15 judgment that refused to investigate the government’s purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets.

The petitioners--including former union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, among others--have appealed against the order that said that there was “no occasion to really doubt” the procurement process of the Rs 58,000 crore fighter jet deal even if “minor deviations” had occurred.

Bhushan, during the hearing on Friday, told the top court that the government had suppressed various crucial facts related to the purchase of