No Rafale probe Supreme Court dismisses PILs

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said today dismissed all the four petitions 
seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Rafale deal and said there won’t be any probe into the pricing or the decision-making process. 

The verdict was given by a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In its last hearing, the court had reserved the verdict. The ruling today came on four petitions that had asked the Supreme Court to set up a court-monitored probe into the signing of the Rafale deal. 

The Supreme Court says it is not for the court to scrutinise the process of acquisition. 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. 

At the core of the opposition to the Rafale deal were charges that the Modi government had knowingly overpaid for the Rafale fighter jets and that it had promoted crony capitalism. The government has told the court that it has no sovereign guarantee from France that Dassault will meet its obligation of delivering the 36 fighter jets.

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