The deal was made 4 decades ago, the latest appeal just got over: Supreme Court draws the curtain on Bofors 'scandal'
Supreme Court's dismissal of an appeal shuts the last legal door on a 40-year prosecution, which began after a Swedish Radio raised allegations in April 1987.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the final appeal against the 2005 Delhi High Court judgment that quashed all criminal proceedings against the Hinduja brothers and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors, effectively closing India's longest-running defence corruption case. The judgment comes nearly four decades after Swedish Radio first alleged that kickbacks were paid to secure the sale of 400 howitzers to the Indian Army in 1986.
The bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran refused to grant more time to advocate Ajay K Agrawal, who had challenged the high court verdict as a private appellant, effectively ending the case that had been pending since 2018.
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