Supreme Court Friday dismissed all four petitions seeking a court-monitored investigation into Rafale scam. (File)The Centre on Saturday filed an application in the Supreme Court for carrying out a correction in a paragraph in its judgment on Rafale fighter aircraft deal. In the verdict that gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi-led government, a reference was made about the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report and Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
While moving the top court, the Centre pointed out that “misinterpretation” of its note has “resulted in a controversy in the public domain”. In the application, the Centre said the two sentences in paragraph 25 of the judgment appeared to have been based on the note submitted by it along with the pricing details in a sealed cover, but indicated the words used by the court lent a different meaning.
Clarifying its position, the Centre said it did not say that the CAG report was examined by PAC or a redacted portion was placed before Parliament.
On Page 21, in Para 25 of the judgment, the bench of the Chief Justice of India states: “The material placed before us shows that the government has not disclosed pricing details, other than the basic price of the aircraft, even to Parliament, on the ground that sensitivity of pricing details could affect national security, apart from breaching the…
