Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the Supreme Court verdict was based on falsehood.

On Friday, as the Supreme Court dealt a body blow to Rahul Gandhi's relentless campaign against the Modi government over the contentious Rafale deal, the Congress president said the very basis of the judgment is based on falsehood as the government has provided wrong information to the court.

Gandhi is sticking to his demand of seeking a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe on the Rafale jet deal and said that the report that the government has talked about in the court, was never received by the Public Accounts Committee.

Gandhi said, "Mallikarjun Kharge [senior Congress leader] is part of the PAC. He never saw this report that the government has talked about in the court. PM Modi may be having his own PACs in his office or the French Parliament, which we don't know about. He has destroyed all government institutions."

He added, "We will prove it one day that the Prime Minister is a friend of Anil Ambani and he favoured him with the Rafale deal. There will be a probe one day, a JPC should probe this deal."

Rahul Gandhi's counterattack comes after a day of BJP leaders demanding apology from the Congress chief after the Supreme Court dismissed all PILs seeking a probe into the alleged irregularities in Rafale deal.

There is no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France, the Supreme Court said on Friday and dismissed all the petitions seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Rs 58,000 crore deal.

There was no substantial evidence of commercial favouritism to any private entity, the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said on the issue of an offset partner in its ruling on a batch of petitions.

While one lot sought a court-monitored investigation into the deal, another asked for a direction to the CBI to register an FIR for alleged irregularities.

The bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, said it is not the job of the court to deal with the comparative details of the pricing.

There has been a necessity for fighter aircraft and the country cannot remain without jets, it said.

The CJI, who read out the judgment for the three-judge bench, said no reasons were found to interfere in the procurement process for the fighter jets.

This judgment invited top BJP leaders, including party chief Amit Shah, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and others to demand an apology from the Congress chief.

In the Lok Sabha, during the Question Hour, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar demanded an apology from the Congress and Rahul Gandhi following the top court verdict.

Amid slogan shouting between the two sides, the House was adjourned for nearly 40 minutes during the Question Hour.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked, "Rahul Gandhi made disgraceful remarks on Prime Minister whose honesty is known to all. The SC judgment exposed the lies of Rahul Gandhi. We expected him to accept the judgment. Now, Rahul Gandhi is condoning the Supreme Court as well. Is he and the Congress above SC?"

Rajnath Singh said, "Rahul Gandhi should apologise on the floor of the House for misleading the country on the Rafale jet deal issue for political gains".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, too, attacked Rahul Gandhi over his continued attacks on the Rafale deal.

Yogi said, "The false propaganda of the Congress has come to the fore with the verdict of the apex court," Yogi remarked, and charged the party with defaming the central government and the BJP for political mileage.

"Rahul Gandhi should tell his source of information. With baseless allegations, he tried to play with the security of the country," he said.

"The Congress should have acted responsibly on the issue of security," Yogi said.

On the other hand, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Sharad Pawar's NCP joined the Congress in demanding a JPC probe into the Rafale deal.

NCP said the Modi government should not fear a JPC probe into the issue if its conscience was clean.

(With PTI inputs)