New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to file an affidavit in the 'Rafale Deal' case after it had sought the apex court's permission for the same.
The center's advocate mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the ministery wants to file an affidavit in the review petitions pending before it in the fighter jet case.
The matter will come up for hearing tomorrow.
Last week, the top court had adjourned in the case till March 14 after the government said that certain documents pertaining to the deal were "stolen" from the Defence Ministry.
The apex court was hearing petitions seeking of its December 14, 2018 verdict that had dismissed pleas challenging the deal between India and France for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets.
In its order, the top court had dismissed petitions seeking a probe by a Special Investigations and corruption in the contract.
On January 2, the petitioners in the fighter jet deal case-Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, both former Union Ministers, and Prashant Bhushan, a noted lawyer- had moved the apex court for a review of its Rafale judgment, they have sought recall of the verdict and a hearing in the open court.
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