Supreme Court to hear plea against Rafale deal next week

The Supreme Court will hear a plea against the Rafale deal next week.

The plea, filed by a lawyer, calls for the deal to be scrapped. It says the deal has led to corruption.

The government has in recently months been attacked relentlessly over the Rafale deal.

The opposition says the Narendra Modi-led goverment is paying more for the Rafale fighter jets than original decided upon by the UPA government.

The announcement that the court would hear the plea was made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud