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Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and former cabinet minister Arun Shourie said on Friday that the Justice K M Joseph's judgement obliges the CBI to file FIR, probe the deal.
The verdicts are the last of the major decisions Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will make before he retires this week.
The contempt case against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the court his “chowkidar chor hai” slogan will also be heard.
While Gandhi is adamant on stepping down as Congress president, the CWC has rejected his offer to resign and asked him to restructure the party at all levels.
The suits were filed over Congress leaders' statements and an article on the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal.
Rahul Gandhi also sought closure of the criminal contempt proceedings against him on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi.
The Centre had on Monday sought deferment of today’s hearing.
Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Lekhi, said that expressing regret was not an apology in the eyes of the law.
The Congress president said his statement was made in the heat of campaigning.
Congress has repeatedly used 'chowkidar chor hai' to attack Modi.