# Supreme Court Dismisses Final Bofors Appeal, Closing 40-Year Legal Saga 2026-08-07T03:20:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed advocate Ajay K. Agrawal’s appeal against the Delhi High Court’s 2005 acquittal of the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors, ending the remaining legal proceedings in the Bofors case. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran also refused more time to remove the names of Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, who have died. The case arose from India’s Rs 1,437-crore purchase of 400 howitzers from Sweden’s AB Bofors in 1986. The Delhi High Court had cleared the accused in 2005 and criticised the CBI’s investigation. The Supreme Court dismissed the CBI’s challenge in 2018 after an unexplained 4,522-day filing delay. Swedish Radio’s 1987 allegations of illegal payments had triggered the scandal. ## Coverage - news.abplive.com - economictimes.indiatimes.com - thefederal.com - dnaindia.com Tags: Bofors case, CBI, defence deal, Hinduja brothers, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-dismisses-final-bofors-case-plea-after-four-decades/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-dismisses-final-bofors-case-plea-after-four-decades/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.