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Supreme Court Ends Challenge to Hinduja Relief in Bofors Case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s 2005 decision to quash criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the Bofors payoff case. A bench of Justices…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s 2005 decision to quash criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the Bofors payoff case. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Vinod K Chandran refused to adjourn the matter, which had been pending since 2018. The petitioner had sought four weeks to remove the names of respondents who had died. The case concerns the Rs 1,437 crore howitzer deal India signed with Swedish firm Bofors in 1986. The CBI had alleged that nearly Rs 64 crore was paid in kickbacks. The High Court’s decision now stands unchallenged.
The Indian Opinion
Bofors has long invited two easy narratives: that every allegation proved corruption, or that decades of litigation itself proved innocence. Neither follows from this order. The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the High Court’s 2005 ruling, after questioning why the matter remained pending, but it did not reopen the underlying evidence. The practical lesson is about timely investigation and prosecution. Any fresh claim should be judged on admissible evidence, not old political slogans or the case’s notoriety.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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