New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking an order to the central government to stop the export of arms and military equipment to Israel, which is waging a war in Gaza, saying the court cannot enter into the realm of the nation’s foreign policy.
SC: Indian companies involved in exporting arms and equipment to Israel could be sued
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said Indian companies involved in exporting arms and equipment to Israel can be sued for breach of contractual obligations and therefore cannot be stopped from continuing to supply.
“We cannot enter into the sphere of the country’s foreign policy,” the court said.
“Can we order that under the UN Genocide Convention, export to Israel be prohibited? Why this restriction? This is because it affects foreign policy and we do not know what the impact will be,” the Chief Justice said.
Ashok Kumar Sharma and others filed a PIL through advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel licences and not grant new ones to Indian companies exporting arms and other military equipment to Israel.
Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. Prior to this, in an unprecedented attack, Hamas gunmen stormed across the Gaza border into Israel and killed around 1,200 people on October 7, 2023.
(with PTI inputs)
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