Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will set up a bench to hear on the case.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan along with Union Minister Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie had moved to SC alleging that officials had submitted false or misleading data about the deal.
Earlier in December the court had rejected several petitions against the Rafale deal stating that there was no reason to doubt the centre’s decision making process.
CAG had recently submitted its report on Rafale deal in the parliament.
Modi begins his 2-day trip to South Korea
The main intention for the visit is to strengthen strategic ties between the two countries.
This is the second visit of the PM to Seoul. The first visit was in 2015.
PM Modi will be accepting the Seoul Peace Prize which was awarded to him in October.
J&K government withdraws security for separatists
Security for Geelani and Yasin Malik and 16 other separatist leaders have been withdrawn by the J&K government.
The Home Department said that providing security for separatist leaders was a wastage of the scarce resources.
Along with leaders, government will remove security for 155 other people and activists after threat assessment.
Saudi Arabia to release 850 Indian prisoners
Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman ordered the release of the prisoners languishing in Saudi Arabian prisons.
The decision was made after PM Modi requested the crown price during a meeting on February 20th.
The Crown Prince will also increase the quota for Indians to 2 lakh from 1.75 lakh every year for Haj pilgrims
Congress and DMK announce alliance for Lok Sabha polls
Congress will be fighting on nine seats in TN and one seat in Puducherry.
The party had an alliance during the 2014 election but failed to win even a single seat in the state.
The move comes after BJP announced an alliance with AIADMK on February 18th.
