FILE PHOTO: A Dassault Aviation logo is pictured during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) at Geneva Airport, Switzerland May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court rejected petitions on Friday seeking an investigation of fighter jet deal worth about $8.7 billion with France's Dassault Aviation, handing a political victory to the ruling party months before a general election.
The ruling is a setback for the opposition Congress party, which had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of corruption in the deal to buy 36 Rafale planes and a decision to pick Reliance Defence as a domestic partner.
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