The Supreme Court is to deliver on Wednesday its orders if new "leaked" documents containing defence minister's notings pertaining to the 2016 Rafale fighter jet deal can be relied upon to seek review of its December 14, 2018 judgement.
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Till about 1 pm on Tuesday, not many in Chennai knew that a book on the Rafale deal would be released. But by Tuesday evening, the book release became headlines on all Tamil television channels and even English news channels lapped it up.
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The Congress has promised to investigate procurement of Rafale fighter jets and several other deals under the BJP government and said it, if voted to power, would enforce anti-corruption laws without discrimination.
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Supreme Court dismisses Centre's preliminary objections seeking review of earlier judgment giving clean chit to the Union Government in Rafale deal.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed objections raised by the Union government on the admissibility of new documents, including defence ministry's note, for recommending its Rafale judgement.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph decided to consider merit and relevance of the contents of the documents, published in media reports. Pronouncing its judgement on preliminary objections by the Centre, the top court said it would now fix the matter for hearing on review petitions.
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