Supreme Court on Saturday will hear petitions challenging its December 14 verdict. Sources have confirmed to Times Now what the Defence Ministry would claim tomorrow during the hearing in the review petitions on Rafale fighter jet verdict in the Supreme Court.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government on Saturday will respond on the review petitions filed against Supreme Court's 14 December judgement on the Rafale fighter jet deal and Times Now has accessed details of what the Defence ministry's reply would be on the four key charges against it.

The first charge against the Union government is of perjury - that the government selectively passed on information to the court regarding the deal. According to sources, the ministry will refute the perjury charge contending that all documents available with the ministry were placed before the court.

On the documents published by the national daily - The Hindu, the Centre will likely contend that the reports were selectively and important points were actually left out from the articles, moulding the truth considerably. The ministry would argue that the documents were used in an "incorrect manner."

Sources have told Times Now that the Defence ministry would point out that the entire file on Rafale fighter deal is with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and the independent agency has already filed its report on the multi-billion dollar deal.

On the charge of PM's intervention in the deal, Defence ministry could claim that it was a government to government deal and PM was only given updates of the deal.

The review petition has been filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Earlier on April 10, the top court had allowed the review petitions to be heard even though Centre had claimed that they were based on "leaked documents".