The Supreme Court Today (Sept 9) dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the continued supply of arms by Indian companies to Israel amidst its conflict with Palestine. A Bench Led by CJI questioned the Court’s jurisdiction to intervene in foreign policy matters, highlighting that such decisions traditionally fall within the domain of the government.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel licences and not to grant new ones to Indian firms exporting arms and other military equipments to Israel, which is fighting a war in Gaza. The PIL, filed through lawyer Prashant Bhushan, has made the union ministry of defence a party.