▁file ▁its ▁response . ▁The ▁Ministry ▁def ended ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁rif le , ▁saying ▁that ▁cas ual ties ▁cannot ▁be ▁bl amed ▁on ▁the ▁weapon ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁induct ed ▁after ▁thorough ▁tri als ▁and ▁had ▁under g one ▁three ▁major ▁up gr ades ▁since . ▁They ▁also ▁pointed ▁out ▁the ▁rif le ▁had ▁been ▁not ▁bl amed ▁by ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁In qu ires ▁which ▁had ▁investig ated ▁the ▁N ax al ite ▁operations . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Court ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁pet ition ▁stating ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁enough ▁evidence ▁to ▁show ▁any ▁defect s ▁in ▁the ▁IN S AS . ▁It ▁also ▁noted ▁the ▁government ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁acqu iring ▁new ▁rif les . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Indian ▁government ▁replaced ▁some ▁IN S AS ▁rif les ▁of ▁the ▁CR PF ▁with ▁A K - 4 7 s . ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁IN S AS ▁rif les ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁retired ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁rif les ▁capable ▁of ▁firing ▁ 7 . 6 2 × 5 1 mm ▁NAT O ▁cart rid ges . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁media ▁reported ▁that ▁Indian ▁military ▁were ▁set ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁IN S AS ▁with ▁Russia - des igned ▁A K - 2 0 3 ▁assault ▁rif les , ▁manufact ured ▁in ▁India ▁under ▁a ▁joint ▁vent ure . ▁ ▁Vari ants ▁ ▁IN