New Delhi: There was a hearing again in the Supreme Court about the alleged scam in the Rafale deal. A new twist has come in this matter, during the hearing on Wednesday; the Attorney General told the Supreme Court that, the document which was published by the newspaper was stolen from the Ministry of Defense. We are doing internal investigation of this.

AG KK Venugopal has said that action should be taken against the seized documents which have been published by the newspaper. The attorney general said that some documents were stolen from the Ministry of Defense and they were further extended. He said that this case is very important. The newspaper has made some confidential information public.

Prashant Bhushan, who filed a review petition at the beginning of the hearing, showed the 8 page note to the court. However, the court has said that it will not take any new evidence in this matter, the things which are available, will be the matter.

KK Venugopal said that if the judicial review is done on the Rafael deal then the impact on future purchases may be affected. He said that foreign companies will have to think about this. He explained that we have to overcome the action of Parliament, Media and Court. He said that the court is being influenced by the media.

On December 13, 2018, the Supreme Court had ruled in the Rafael aircraft deal and said there was no mess in the deal. However, some people had questioned that the central government did not present the right papers in front of the Supreme Court, so the decision should be re-considered.

Shortly after the verdict, the Central Government had filed an amendment petition. After this, Prashant Bhushan filed a petition and demanded that action taken against the officials who mislead the court on the notes given by the government. On February 26, the Supreme Court made it clear that the decision on Rafael case will be re-considered in the open court.

Let us tell you that senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, BJP rebel leader Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and lawyer ML Sharma have appealed in the petition to review the Rafael order from the court.

The appeal said that the government has not followed the correct procedure for making purchases of Rafael fighters. The Modi government has kept the news of 3P, the price, Procedure, Partner and kept an improper advantage.

At the same time, in the appeal of the central government, it has been said that the court should improve the remarks in its decision that the CAG report refers to keeping Parliament in front. The Center says that the court has misinterpreted the government note.

A petition of Prashant Bhushan, which seeks action against officials who mislead the court in a note issued by the government. It was written that the CAG submitted its report to Parliament on Rafael.

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