Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Supreme Court dismisses last pending appeal in Bofors cases
A very long time ago, there was a big court case in India called the Bofors scam.
It was about a Swedish company called Bofors that makes weapons, and some important business people called the Hinduja brothers.
In 2004, a court in Delhi said the Hinduja brothers and the Bofors company did not have to face the case anymore.
A lawyer named Ajay K Agrawal did not agree with that decision.
He asked the Supreme Court of India to look at the case again, filing his plea in September 2005.
Many years went by.
Finally, the Supreme Court said there was nothing left to decide.
The judges asked why the case was still going on after so many years.
They dismissed the last appeal, which puts an end to the Bofors court cases.
Earlier, in 2018, the Supreme Court had already closed a similar appeal made by the CBI.
The Supreme Court of India dismissed the last pending appeal in the Bofors scam cases, drawing curtains on the matter.
The appeal by advocate Ajay K Agrawal challenged the May 31, 2004 Delhi High Court judgment discharging the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran dismissed the plea, which was filed on September 19, 2005.
The bench remarked, "All proceedings were quashed. What is this? How many years have passed?"
The dismissal comes seven years after a three-judge bench led by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi disposed of the CBI's plea on November 2, 2018.
- Who
- The Supreme Court of India, in a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran; the appeal was filed by advocate Ajay K Agrawal and concerned the Hinduja brothers and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
- What
- The last pending appeal in the Bofors scam cases, which challenged the May 31, 2004 Delhi High Court judgment discharging the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors, was dismissed.
- When
- The bench dismissed the plea on a Thursday (exact date not stated in the article); the plea was filed on September 19, 2005, and a related CBI plea was disposed of on November 2, 2018.
- Where
- Supreme Court of India; the earlier judgment it challenged was delivered by the Delhi High Court.
- Why
- The bench said all proceedings had been quashed and asked how many years had passed, ending the last pending appeal in the Bofors cases.
- Case
- Bofors scam cases
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Bench
- Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran
- Appellant
- Advocate Ajay K Agrawal (plea filed September 19, 2005)
- Parties discharged
- Hinduja brothers and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors
- Delhi High Court judgment
- May 31, 2004
- Earlier CBI plea
- Disposed of November 2, 2018, by a bench led by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi