Rafale: SC miffed over defective review petitions

New Delhi, February 15

The Supreme Court today took exception to certain lawyers filing defective petitions and seeking publicity in the media. It referred to petitions seeking review of its verdict in the Rafale case.

A Bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi said lawyers filed petitions in the court’s registry and instead of removing defects in their petitions, they were going to the media for publicity. “The other side is not so innocent...The petitioners go to media and claim wide publicity,” the Bench said. Several petitions seeking review of the Rafale verdict, including one by AAP lawmaker Sanjay Singh, have been filed in the SC.

The comments came during urgent mentioning of cases for listing of cases. CJI Gogoi asked the Registrar (Judicial) to watch the mentioning proceedings so that he could understand the requirements and work more efficiently. — TNS