Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie along with advocate Prashant Bhushan approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking review of its December 14 judgment which dismissed all PILs alleging irregularities in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France.
The apex court had relied upon “patently incorrect” claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover in the court, they alleged in their review plea. They said that they were not given an opportunity to be heard on the claims made by the Government in the note “resulting in gross miscarriage of justice”.
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had on December 14 dismissed all Public Interest Litigations (PILs) against the deal between India and France for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets, saying there was no occasion to “really doubt the decision making process” warranting setting aside of the contract.