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Supreme Court verdict on Rafale deal

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 14, 2018, 19:55:54 IST

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Supreme Court verdict on Rafale deal

The Supreme Court verdict giving clean chit to the Modi government on the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal has sparked a war of words between the BJP and Congress. Stay with TOI for live updates:

12:14 (IST) Dec 14

Amit Shah on SC's verdict on Rafale

On the contrary SC held that govt had no role in selecting offset partners & found no merit in the demand for a pro… https://t.co/srOR4geHuS
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) 1544769185000

12:13 (IST) Dec 14

Amit Shah on Rafale verdict

Truth always triumphs! Court’s judgment on the Rafale deal exposes the campaign of misinformation spearheaded by Co… https://t.co/iyqDaiCpG7
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) 1544769179000

12:10 (IST) Dec 14

Reacting to SC clean chit to government on Rafale deal, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said the judgement has exposed Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s misinformation campaign.

12:02 (IST) Dec 14

Welcome judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court today summarily dismissing PILs filed on Rafale contracts, and conclusively establishing complete falsity of wild, baseless and politically motivated allegations levelled against Reliance Group and me personally

Anil Ambani

12:00 (IST) Dec 14

Why should Rahul Gandhi apologise? For what? The SC has not gone into the details or the process of purchase of Rafale jets

Anand Sharma says.

11:56 (IST) Dec 14

Anand Sharma says there is no reason for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this government to celebrate the SC order, which in itself is contradictory.

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11:46 (IST) Dec 14

Congress leader Anand Sharma says “we demand a JPC probe and a forensic audit of the global tender of Rafale”

11:34 (IST) Dec 14

In our opinion the Supreme Court judgement is totally wrong, the campaign will certainly not drop and we will decide if we will file a review petition: Prashant Bhushan

11:33 (IST) Dec 14

Govt seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi on Rafale issue

The treasury benches on Friday mounted a counter-offensive on the opposition on the Rafale issue in Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the deal, with the government seeking an apology from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. As soon as the Question Hour was taken up, opposition members trooped into the Well carrying placards on various issues, including alleged scam in Rafale deal. But BJP members stood up and started raising slogans against the Congress and Gandhi. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said following the SC verdict, Rahul Gandhi should apologise.

11:17 (IST) Dec 14

Our country cannot remain unprepared when adversaries have acquired fourth and fifth generation fighters compared to none by India. We have interacted with senior IAF officers and there is no doubt about the need and quality of Rafale jets

CJI Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph

11:15 (IST) Dec 14

It is mere conjecture on part of some persons to cite UPA deal for 126 Rafale jets against NDA's 36 jets as negotiations for 126 jets had come to a standstill. We cannot sit on judgment over 36 vs 126 nor can we compel the Union government to buy 126 jets.

Supreme Court

11:04 (IST) Dec 14

On issue of offset partner, SC says no substantial evidence of commercial favouritism to any private entity

10:53 (IST) Dec 14

Personal perception of people on the deal matters little but admitted that the judiciary has a very constrained jurisdiction in examining defence deals of this nature especially when nation's adversaries have inducted fourth and fifth generation fighter jets compared to none by India: SC bench

10:44 (IST) Dec 14

SC gives clean chit to the NDA government on three aspects - decision making process to purchase 36 Rafale jets instead of 126 by UPA, pricing of Rafale jets and selection of Indian offset partners including Anil Ambani owned Reliance Defence by Dassault.

10:41 (IST) Dec 14

SC says it did not find any wrong in selection of Indian offset partners by Dassault. Dismisses all PILs and gives a huge boost to Narendra Modi government.

10:41 (IST) Dec 14

SC says it is not its job to go into pricing when the need and quality of aircraft is not in doubt.

10:38 (IST) Dec 14

SC finds no irregularities in NDA government's decision making process to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault under Indo-French intergovernmental agreement.

10:36 (IST) Dec 14

Choice of Indian partner solely Dassault’s: French foreign minister

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10:25 (IST) Dec 14

Is probe into Rafale deal needed?

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07:53 (IST) Dec 14

While reserving the verdict, the apex court had said that the pricing details of Rafale jets could only be discussed after it decides on whether to make it public.