Scorpene firm seeks print gag

Melbourne, New Delhi: Embattled French defence firm DCNS has approached the Supreme Court in Australia seeking an injunction against The Australian from further publishing the leaked documents of India’s Scorpene submarine project.

The DCNS has also sought a court order to the newspaper to hand over the documents in its possession and removal of the contents from its website.

“The publication of this highly valuable document causes a direct harm to DCNS and its customer in terms of spread of sensitive and restricted information, image and reputation,” The Australian quoted an affidavit by DCNS lawyer Justine Munsie. The newspaper had said that it will publish the documents regarding the weapons system on Monday.