Rafale deal: First aircraft will be delivered in two months, says French ambassador

Alexandre Ziegler said his country’s partnership with India for French technology will continue for the next 50 years.

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· Jul 05, 2019 · 11:10 pm

First Rafale fighter jet to land in India in September, says French minister

Jean Baptiste Lemoyne said Rafale was a tool for ‘better sovereignty’ for India.

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· Jun 11, 2019 · 11:58 am

Rafale deal: No question of filing FIR or ordering CBI inquiry, Centre tells Supreme Court

The government said the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the pact had belied the argument of petitioners seeking a review of the court’s verdict.

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· May 26, 2019 · 07:09 pm

Rafale deal: Petitioners say Centre ‘deliberately misled’ the Supreme Court

The petitioners labelled the government’s claim that an investigation into the deal would compromise national security as ‘self-serving’.

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· May 22, 2019 · 07:34 pm

Rafale: SC reserves orders on review petitions seeking CBI probe, contempt plea against Rahul Gandhi

The Centre told the court that the defence agreement concerns national security, and such matters are not examined in courts anywhere else in the world.

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· May 10, 2019 · 04:01 pm

Rafale deal: Demand for perjury proceedings against officials misconceived, Centre tells SC

The Supreme Court will hear the review petitions seeking an inquiry into the deal today.

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· May 10, 2019 · 08:33 am

Chowkidar remark: Rahul Gandhi apologises to SC in new affidavit, says attribution unintentional

BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi had filed a contempt plea against the Congress chief, saying he had attributed his remarks on the Rafale deal to the court.

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· May 08, 2019 · 11:27 am

Rafale deal: SC to hear review pleas and contempt petition against Rahul Gandhi on May 10

The judges said they were surprised that the two cases had been listed for hearing on different dates despite a court order on the matter.

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· May 06, 2019 · 03:50 pm

Rafale deal: Monitoring by PMO cannot be seen as interference, Centre tells SC in fresh affidavits

The government claimed that unsubstantiated media reports and internal file notings ‘projected in a selective manner’ cannot be the basis for review petitions.

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· May 04, 2019 · 12:08 pm

Contempt petition: SC gives Rahul Gandhi time till May 6 to file fresh affidavit

The Congress president’s lawyer apologised for Gandhi’s remarks on the Rafale deal case, but the court said this was not mentioned in the present affidavit.

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· Apr 30, 2019 · 03:41 pm

Rafale deal: Supreme Court asks Centre to file counter affidavit against review petitions by May 6

The court also asked the government to file its response to the petitioners by May 4.

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· Apr 30, 2019 · 03:04 pm

‘Chowkidar’ remark: Rahul Gandhi files counter-affidavit in Supreme Court in contempt case

The court will consider the Congress president’s response on Tuesday along with the review petitions.

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· Apr 29, 2019 · 01:19 pm