Perjury proceedings an insult to forces: Centre

The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a plea for perjury action against unknown public servants for allegedly misleading the court during Rafale case hearing was "completely misconceived" as media reports and some "incomplete internal file notings" cannot be the basis for such proceedings.

In a reply affidavit submitted in the apex court on the application filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, the Centre said the allegations of making false statements and suppressing facts from the court were "completely false" and "baseless".

The government said its submissions in the court were based on records, while the petitioners were relying on "selective leaks" in media from the Ministry of Defence files on opinions expressed by individual officers or a group of officers and this presents an "incomplete picture" on matters relating to national security and defence.