The Supreme Court has on Friday delivered a bad news to the Congress by saying that there is no evidence of corruption in the Rafale deal. This is to be seen as a clean chit to the Modi government, which has been attacked unfairly by Rahul Gandhi on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.

"There is no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the deal," SC said about the Rs 59,000 crore government-to-government deal. The bench that gave the verdict is headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. "There is a necessity of fighter aircraft and the country cannot remain without these jets," he said.

"The bench doesn't need to find substantial matter to interfere with the issue of procurement, pricing and offset partner," the bench added.

"In the dismissal of Rafale petitions SC not only upholds GOI stand but also exposes false narrative of Opposition. Rahul Gandhi & Co.’s relentless campaign to malign the PM & mislead the Nation just got delivered a death knell," Union Minister Smriti Irani said, reacting to the judgment.