New Delhi:
The Supreme Court today turned down a public interest litigation or PIL that a special investigation team should be set up to probe the Rs 4000-crore VVIP helicopter deal.
The top court rejected the PIL filed by an advocate, saying: "This is not the right forum and not out job."
The CBI is investigating the deal to buy 12 helicopters from Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland and trying to find out if kickbacks were paid to Indian officials.
The BJP wants the CBI probe to be time-bound and monitored by the Supreme Court. It has rejected the government's offer of a Joint Parliamentary Committee or JPC probe into the alleged scam.
The government has already initiated the process of cancelling the deal signed in 2010, sending a notice to AgustaWestland, which has delivered three choppers.
The government ordered the CBI inquiry after the top executive of AgustaWestland's parent company, Finmeccanica, was arrested in Italy earlier this month.
Italian prosecutors have alleged that retired Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi was among those who received kickbacks. He has rejected the charges.
CBI officials travelled to Italy last week and returned with the case documents.