The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the centre to provide details of the decision making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in a sealed cover but clarified that it does not want information on pricing and technical particulars.
This is in response to petitions seeking a stay on the deal, information regarding the pricing and awarding of the offset contract to Reliance Naval by Dassault.
CNBC-TV18 caught up with Ajai Shukla, defence analyst, Nirdosh Tyagi former deputy chief of Air Staff, Narendra Taneja spokesperson of BJP and Aishwarya Mahadev spokesperson of Congress to find whether this puts an end to the controversy over the Rafale deal and will legal implications now impact future decision making around defence procurement.
The Supreme Court has given a certain directive and the government will see how it can respond to it, said Taneja.
The court just wanted to know the procedure and there is a certain procedure which has been followed and the government will share it, he said.
"I do not think it will clear the air on the Rafale deal," said Shukla.
The Supreme Court has asked for it in a sealed cover because it is a confidential government process of decision making, he said.
"I do not think there is any merit in all the allegations that are being made by the Congress and the opposition," said Tyagi.
The procedure does not require a cabinet committee on security's (CCS) approval right at the beginning before expressing an intent, he said, adding that this procedure was there earlier for accord of acceptance of necessity but this was before 2005.