{"id":51570,"date":"2018-02-13T17:46:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T12:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51570"},"modified":"2018-02-13T17:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T12:16:55","slug":"ngo-plea-probing-chopper-deal-chhattisgarh-govt-dismissed-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngo-plea-probing-chopper-deal-chhattisgarh-govt-dismissed-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"NGO plea for probing chopper deal of Chhattisgarh govt dismissed by Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by an NGO seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities in the purchase of an AgustaWestland chopper by the Chhattisgarh government for VIP use in 2006-07.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of justices A K Goel and U U Lalit dismissed the plea by non-governmental organisation Swaraj Abhiyan and others seeking probe into the purchase of the helicopter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"51571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngo-plea-probing-chopper-deal-chhattisgarh-govt-dismissed-supreme-court\/chopper\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chopper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51571\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/chopper.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;We do not find any grounds to accept the prayer for probe. The petition is dismissed,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme court had on January 31 posed searching questions to the Chhattisgarh government on the purchase of an AgustaWestland helicopter for VIP use in 2006-07 and asked what was the &#8220;interest&#8221; of Chief Minister Raman Singh&#8217;s son, Abhishek Singh, in this.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners have alleged that in July 2008, a bank account in the name of &#8216;Abhishak Singh&#8217; was opened in the British Virgin Islands, and on August 1, 2008, one of the firms purportedly involved in the deal wound up operations.<\/p>\n<p>They have alleged that there&#8217;s a &#8220;strong possibility&#8221; that money paid as commission in the deal ultimately reached the bank account.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO had said that a proposal of the state in December 2006 said that helicopters firms should be invited to make their representations, but later, no company was called and a tender was issued only for one AgustaWestland chopper.<\/p>\n<p>The court had said it was only concerned as to whether any &#8220;fraud or hanky-panky&#8221; was committed in securing the deal, and made it clear that it was not questioning the choice of the helicopter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by an NGO seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities in the purchase of an AgustaWestland chopper by the Chhattisgarh government for VIP use in 2006-07. 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