SC dismisses plea challenging Delhi HC relief to Hinduja brothers in Bofors case
The Supreme Court has officially closed the chapter on the Bofors payoff case by dismissing an appeal that challenged the Delhi High Court's 2005 ruling, which had previously annulled criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers. Advocate Ajay K Agrawal filed the appeal, but the court decided against allowing more time for arguments, finalizing the legal dispute once and for all.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal on Thursday that challenged the Delhi High Court's 2005 decision quashing criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the Bofors payoff case, marking the conclusion of a lengthy appeal. The bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Vinod K Chandran refused to postpone the matter and declined to accept further arguments.
The petitioner, representing the Hinduja brothers, requested four weeks' time to remove deceased respondents' names from the case. The court's questioning of the case's persistence prompted the petitioner to clarify that the deal in question occurred in 1986. Despite an earlier dismissal of a Central Bureau of Investigation appeal on the grounds that the agency was already a respondent in the present petition, the Supreme Court ultimately declined to entertain the appeal, effectively ending the long-standing legal challenge.
The Bofors scandal involved a multi-billion rupee arms deal between India and Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors in 1986, with allegations that the Hinduja brothers received illegal payments.
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