'What's all this about Hinduja brothers, CBI?': SC draws curtain on Bofors case, rejects plea against 2005 acquittal
With Thursday’s dismissal, the last judicial challenge to the 2005 acquittal has come to an end, bringing the Bofors prosecution to its final legal closure.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the 2005 acquittal in the long-standing Bofors corruption case, effectively ending the legal proceedings that began in 1986. The case involved allegations of kickbacks being paid in the ₹1,437-crore deal for 400 155 mm howitzer guns supplied to the Indian Army by Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
The bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran did not grant any further time for the appeal, stating that the matter was long pending since 2018. The scandal had significantly impacted then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's image and played a role in the Congress party's defeat in the 1989 general elections.
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