Rafale Case

Supreme Court Ruling On Sensitive Cases Like Ayodhya, Rafale After July 1

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 29, 2019

Upon reopening on July 1 after a six-week summer vacation, the Supreme Court will deal with very sensitive issues, including the Ayodhya land dispute, review petitions in the Rafale case and the contempt case against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing his "chowkidar chor hai" slogan to the top court.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: "Rahul Gandhi Is A Cannon And I Am AK-47", Says Navjot Singh Sidhu

India News | ANI | Thursday May 16, 2019

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi came as "Ganga's son" in 2014 but will go as an "agent in Rafale" after the ongoing elections.

Centre Used "Falsehoods" For Favourable Rafale Verdict: Petitioners

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2019

Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan Friday requested the Supreme Court to set aside its earlier verdict that dismissed their petition for criminal investigation into the Rafale fighter jet deal case.

Rahul Gandhi's "Unconditional Apology" To Top Court For Misquoting It

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, in an "unconditional apology" to the Supreme Court, said today that he had "unintentionally and inadvertently" linked its Rafale case order to his "Chowkidar chor hai" phrase against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With a new affidavit, he requested the court to end the contempt case against him by BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi.

On Leaked Rafale Papers, Centre Talks Of "Repercussions On Indian State"

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday May 4, 2019

The Centre argued the release of documents could lead to the revelation of secrets relating to space, nuclear installations, strategic defence capabilities and other intelligence resources and have a detrimental impact on the national security of the country

Centre Gets 4 Days, Not 4 Weeks, To Reply To Top Court On Rafale Case

India News | NDTV News Desk | Tuesday April 30, 2019

The government today asked for four weeks to reply to a petition calling for a review of the Supreme Court clean chit on the Rafale jet deal. The Supreme Court gave it four days, asking for a reply by Saturday. The next hearing is on Monday May 6, in the middle of the national election that will end on May 19.

"No Remorse": Meenakshi Lekhi On Rahul Gandhi's Explanation For PM Remark

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2019

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has not tendered any apology or exhibited remorse in his explanation filed over his remark on PM Modi after the Rafale case verdict, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told the Supreme Court today.

Centre Wants Rafale Case Deferred, Hearing Could Be Pushed Back

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday April 29, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the government to circulate a letter seeking adjournment of tomorrow's hearing on the review petitions filed against its verdict on the Rafale fighter jet deal. If the top court accepts centre's request tomorrow and grants it even two weeks' time, it would push the hearing of the contentious case to well after th...

Rahul Gandhi Gets Supreme Court Contempt Notice Over Rafale Order Comment

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Expressing regret has not earned Rahul Gandhi any reprieve after he admitted yesterday to misquoting the Supreme Court on its order on the Rafale fighter jet deal. The Congress chief has been asked to explain by next Tuesday why he should not be held in contempt for suggesting that the court had endorsed his sharpest political attack on Prime Minis...

Elections 2019: After "Regret" In Court, Rahul Gandhi Keeps Up "Chor" Attack On PM Modi

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday April 22, 2019

Within hours of expressing regret in the Supreme Court for his comment over its recent verdict in the Rafale case, Congress president Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi using his trade mark line "Chowkidar Chor Hai" or the watchman is a thief.

Will Explain Rahul Gandhi's Remarks On Rafale To Supreme Court: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 16, 2019

The Congress on Monday said it will provide an explanation to the Supreme Court for party chief Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the Rafale case verdict, even as it accused the BJP of distorting the Congress leader's statements.

BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi Sues Rahul Gandhi For Contempt Over Remarks On PM

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday April 12, 2019

BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi has filed a petition for criminal contempt against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court over his comments welcoming the top court order in the Rafale case earlier this week. The order was seen as a setback to the government.

Rahul Gandhi Cheers Top Court's Rafale Order, Says "Day Of Celebration"

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre's stand and ruled that classified documents accessed by the media can be used as evidence to consider requests to reexamine the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi crowed that his words had been vindicated.

Arun Shourie Delighted Over Supreme Court Verdict On Rafale Documents

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Former union minister Arun Shourie, one of the review petitioners in the Rafale case, said today that he was delighted by the unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court dismissing Centre's "peculiar argument" on admissibility of privileged documents.

Don't Worry Modiji, Rafale Deal Probe A Certainty Now: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2019

The Congress today praised the Supreme Court's decision allowing leaked documents to be used by petitioners seeking review of the Rafale judgement, saying skeletons in the "scam" are tumbling out and now there is "no official secrets act" to hide behind for the Modi government.