The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond to the Rafale case review petition by Saturday. The government had asked the top court to put off the Rafale review hearing, saying it needs more time to file its affidavit. The petitioners are seeking a review of the top court’s verdict last December rejecting a court-ordered probe into the deal to buy Rafale fighter jets. Former Union ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan have filed a petition seeking review of the December 14, 2018 verdict of the apex court giving clean chit to the Rafale deal. Besides the trio, AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has also filed a separate review petition in the case.

Source: Hindustan Times April 30, 2019 09:29 UTC