New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking an independent probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal in view of a French media report, claiming Dassault Aviation paid one million Euros to a middleman for executing the deal.

A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit and comprising Justice S Ravindra Bhat told Sharma that the court was not inclined to entertain the plea. "No case is made out for interference of this court...," said the bench.

The plea had sought prosecution of an alleged middleman under charges of cheating, breach of trust, and criminal conspiracy, over alleged kickbacks in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

The PIL had relied on reports by Mediapart, a French online journal, published earlier this month.