Govt Deliberately Misled Court in Rafale Case, Review Petitioners Inform SC

The petitioners in the Rafale defence deal case on Wednesday alleged that the government had deliberately misled the Supreme Court by telling it “untruths”, which amounted to “wholesale fraud”, The Hindu reported.

Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and advocate Prashant Bhushan submitted in the court that officers who have misled it should be held accountable for perjury, PTI reported. “It [the Centre] suppressed the truth and thereby insinuated utter falsehoods: facts and documents of the greatest significance, which have direct and overarching bearing on the matter that the court was considering, and which were available with the Government were suppressed from the court,” the 41-page submission read.

The petitioners have asked for a review of the court’s judgement rejecting the need for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the deal. On May 10, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the petitions.