Supreme Court Dismisses Final Appeal, Closing Bofors Case for Good

The Supreme Court of India has dismissed the last remaining appeal in the decades-long Bofors corruption case, bringing the legal battle to a definitive close. The ruling came after the bench noted that the Delhi High Court had previously halted proceedings in the matter. The Central Bureau of Investigation's own appeal in the case had also been dismissed earlier. The Bofors scandal, which first erupted in the late 1980s, involved alleged kickbacks in a howitzer gun deal between India and Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors. With this final dismissal, all legal avenues in the prolonged case have now been exhausted.