The submissions were based on the final decisions of the Defence Acquisition Council, the Defence Minister, provisions in the Defence Procurement Procedure and inputs received from the Air Force and the Ministry of Defence. The government said it had already filed an application in court to correct the December 14 Rafale judgment. Denying any untruth or suppression of information in the court, the government said media reports cannot form the basis of perjury proceedings. ‘Substantial error’The petitioners contended that the December 14 judgment based on a hypothetical CAG report was not merely a “clerical or arithmetical slip” but a substantial error. In a rejoinder filed, the review petitioners asked how the government could have “predicted” that the CAG report would redact the Rafale pricing details.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2019 19:18 UTC