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SC's Rafale verdict: Defective pleas led to delay in hearing of review petitions

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought to clear the air over alleged delay in the hearing of petitions seeking the review of its judgment on controversial Rafale deal as it pointed to the defective petitions filed seeking the review. “Defective petitions are filed and then we are blamed,” Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sitting […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Dealings of European missile manufacture under scanner

New Delhi: A leading European arms manufacturer MBDA, which supplies missiles for the Rafale jets, has come under the scanner of probe agencies here for its suspected links with lobbyist Deepak Talwar, who was extradited from Dubai last month. The country head of MBDA, Loic Piedevache, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Centre tells SC: Rafale documents are stolen

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday told the court that documents related to Rafale that have appeared in the media and cited by petitioners seeking a recall of the December 14 ruling giving a clean chit to the government on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets were privileged documents stolen from the Defence Ministry. Referring […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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SC reserves order on government plea on Rafale documents

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday received its order on the government’s plea claiming privilege over the documents filed by petitioners – former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, journalist-turned politician Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan – in connection with the Rafale case. After an hour-long hearing, the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
SC rejects Centre's plea, Rafale to be heard on merit

New Delhi: The Supreme Court in an unanimous judgment on Wednesday rejected the preliminary objections raised by the central government, as a result the Rafale review petitions will now be heard on merits. The court will look into the documents published.

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Centre should release MoM of Rafale deal: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday demanded that the Centre make public the minutes of the meeting (MoM) between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former French President Francois Hollande, which culminated in the Rafale fighter aircraft deal. “The draft of the joint statement of the Indian Prime Minister and the French President did not have […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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SC allows Centre's plea to defer Rafale hearing

New Delhi: Acting on Centre’s plea to defer the Rafael verdict review hearing fixed for Tuesday on grounds that it needs time to file reply on merits, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to circulate a letter for adjournment of the hearing. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi permitted the Centre’s counsel […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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SC to hear Rafale review pleas, contempt plea against Rahul on May 10

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a bunch of review petitions in Rafale deal, saying it will club the review pleas and the contempt case against Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” remark attributing it to the top court on May 10. Interestingly, the court’s direction came after learning […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Exit polls indicate Congress issues of corruption, welfare may not have clicked

New Delhi The prediction by the exit polls about dismal performance by the Congress suggests that the party got it all wrong and the issues like the Rafale deal, NYAY, unemployment and alleged “arrogance” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised by it during the election campaign failed to impress the voters. The exit poll results […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Probe on into break in at IAF project office: French Minister

New Delhi: France said on Monday that it was carrying out an investigation into a break in at the Paris office of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Project Management Team (PMT) overseeing the Rafale fighter deal and the Indian government will be updated about the details. “Investigation is going on and, of course, Indian authorities […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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SC Gives Clean Chit To Modi Govt In Rafale Deal

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government in the Rafale fighter jets deal case, saying review petitions were without merit. The court rejected pleas which had sought re-examination of the December 14, 2018 verdict which said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
Dassault Aviation Rejects Fresh Allegations Of Corruption In Rafale Deal
Dassault Aviation Rejects Fresh Allegations Of Corruption In Rafale Deal

New Delhi: French aerospace major Dassault Aviation on Thursday rejected fresh allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal with India, saying no violations were reported in the frame…

  • Thursday, 08 April 2021
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