The Supreme Court, while hearing the case seeking a review of its judgment on the Rafale warplane deal, said the Right to Information Act, 2005 prevails over the Official Secrets Act, 1923. For this, the court referred to certain sections of the RTI Act.
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The defence ministry, on Wednesday, has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the Rafale review petition that contains leaked confidential documents of the defence ministry on the pretext that the documents compromise national security.
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After telling the Supreme Court that classified documents related to the Rafale deal were stolen from the defence ministry, attorney general KK Venugopal has taken a complete U-turn. He now says reports of him having said so was “wholly incorrect”.
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N Ram said, “We got them from confidential sources and no force on earth can make me or us reveal the source of the documents, because we have given our word.”
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N Ram, in his latest report in Hindu, has revealed that the cost of including bank guarantees, which the French suppliers in Rafale deal refused to follow, has cost India €574 million. This increased the estimated cost of the deal of 35 Rafale jets to €7.87 billion.
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The Centre told the Supreme Court that Rafale documents related to warplane deal have been “stolen” from the defence ministry and warned the Hindu newspaper of the Official Secrets Act.
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In its report, the CAG said the new deal negotiated by the NDA government to procure 36 fighter jets was 2.86 per cent cheaper than the price offered to the UPA government in 2007 by Dassault Aviation.
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Ram’s report also says the officials had also expressed concern, in their note, about government’s decision to settle for “letter of comfort” instead of sovereign guarantee from the French government.
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It was known that Prime Minister Modi would make an official visit to France from April 9–11, 2015, when Ambani visited the French defence minister’s office. Reliance Defence was also incorporated in the same week as this meeting, on March 28, 2015.
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N Ram, in his latest revelation about Rafale deal, has reported that the Modi-government had intentionally waived provisions for anti-corruption penalties before signing the inter-governmental agreement of the €7.87 billion Rafale deal.
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