S-G: I quit as I was treated unfairly

Jul 11, 2011 |

AGE CORRESPONDENT With agency inputs

New Delhi

Solicitor-General Gopal Subramanium on Sunday said that he tendered his resignation since a special counsel was appointed to represent the government in the 2G spectrum case without taking him into confidence, which was “unfair”.

“I tendered my resignation largely because of the appointment of special counsel (private lawyer) to represent Union of India in the 2G matter. I think without my consent it was not correct and it was an unfair decision,” PTI quoted Mr Subramanium as saying.
Asked whether he will stick to the decision to quit the office of the solicitor-general, Mr Subramanium said he will not comment on it now. He said that only after he came to know that a private lawyer has been engaged, he offered to resign.
Mr Subramanium is understood to have protested before law minister Veerappa Moily the move to take back the file relating to the case from him and handing it over to a private lawyer junior to him.
Mr Moily is expected to soon talk to Mr Subramanium to persuade him not to press for his (Mr Subramanium’s) resignation even as Mr Subramanium met President Pratibha Patil on Sunday. Mr Subramanium, however, declined to comment on his meeting with the President.
Sources said Mr Moily will talk to Mr Subramanium to clear the air since he has expressed his desire to quit following the appointment of a private lawyer to appear before the Supreme Court in a case related to an affidavit filed by an NGO against communication minister Kapil Sibal.

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