Rafale case: SC observation no jolt to Centre, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the opposition for terming the Supreme Court's observation Wednesday in the Rafale case as a jolt to the Modi government, claiming that the verdict on the merit of the case is yet to be delivered.

he Supreme Court Wednesday allowed leaked documents to be relied upon by petitioners seeking review of its Rafale judgment and dismissed the government's preliminary objections claiming "privilege" over them.

The opposition parties' stand that the Supreme Court's decision is a jolt to the government is "prayojit (sponsored)", Prasad told reporters at Bakhtiyarpur, about 50 km from the Bihar capital.

"The court has merely said that it would examine even those documents which the government holds are privileged, or have been appended to the petition in an unauthorised manner," he said.

Prasad said, "The Supreme Court is yet to come out with a verdict on the merit of the case on the review petitions."