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India’s Top Court Rejects Pleas Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal

The chief justice of India who also read the judgement for the three member judge bench, said there were no reason found to interfere in the purchasing process for the fighter jets (Photo: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

In a big relief to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his government, country’s top court Supreme Court on Friday (14) dismissed all petitions seeking a probe into alleged irregularities in the Rs 580 billion Rafale deal signed by India and France. The apex court said that there is no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France. The bench headed by chief justice Ranjan Gogoi said that there was no proper evidence of commercial favourim to any private party. A petitioner had sought a court monitored probe into the jet deal whereas…

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