<span style="color: #222222;">The government today told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Appearing before the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, Attorney General K K Venugopal said those who put documents in the public domain are guilty under the Official Secrets Act. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said The Hindu newspaper in publishing articles based on stolen documents amounts to violation of the Act. The attorney general said an investigation into the theft is on. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The bench was hearing a batch of petitions seeking a review of its December 14 verdict dismissing all the pleas against the deal. The Bench will hear the review petitions further on the 14th of this month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Opposing the plea for CBI inquiry into the Rafale deal, Venugopal said any order to the effect would be damaging to the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He contended that the recent incidents have shown how vulnerable is the scenario in which the country was trying to meet its defence requirements.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and advocate Prashant Bhushan had jointly filed a petition. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They claimed that the top court had relied upon patently incorrect claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover in the court. </span><br />''