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The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed a clutch of petitions seeking a review of its December 2018 judgment, which had absolved the government of wrongdoing or procedural impropriety in concluding a 7.8-billion euros purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France in September 2016.
The apex court’s detailed order underlines its reluctance to involve itself in, or adjudicate on, the complex business of weapons procurement or inter-governmental defence contracts. “We cannot lose sight of the fact that we are dealing with a contract for aircrafts, which was pending before different Governments for quite some time and the necessity of
