The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea seeking review of its verdict in the Rafale case given on December 14 last year. The review petition was filed by former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan.
The review has been demanded after the petitioners alleged that the court relied upon “incorrect claims” made by the Centre.
“Will do something for the listing of the case as a bench is to be constituted for it.” said Ranjan Gogoi.
The bench comprising of CJI Gogoi, Justices SK Kaul and K M Joseph had earlier dismissed all four petitions seeking a court-monitored probe, saying it found “no occasion to really doubt the process” of decision making, pricing and selection of offset partners.
The judges said, “We do not find any substantial material on record to show that this is a case of commercial favouritism to any party by the Indian government, as the option to choose the IOP (Indian Offset Partner) does not rest with the Indian government”.
One more allegation on the contract was of the central government's favoritism towards Reliance Communication chairman Anil Ambani.