
Solicitor General of India Rohinton F Nariman has resigned from his post almost an year after he replaced Gopal Subramaniam. The exact reason behind the sudden resignation is not yet known. ...

11:09 AM, Feb 04, 2013

New Delhi: The fate of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam will be decided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday after the senior law officer resigned on Saturday citing reasons of impropriety. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped into the controversy asking him to stay on for some more time. Maintaining that he resigned to keep the dignity of the post, Subramanium parried questions whether he would reconsider his decision if Law...

09:44 AM, Jul 11, 2011

New Delhi: The fate of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam will be decided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday after the senior law officer resigned on Saturday citing reasons of impropriety. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped into the controversy asking him to stay on for some more time. Maintaining that he resigned to keep the dignity of the post, Subramanium parried questions whether he would reconsider his decision if Law...

09:44 AM, Jul 11, 2011

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped into the Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium's resignation controversy on Sunday, asking him to withhold his resignation for sometime, sources said. In a major embarrassment to the UPA II, the government's second-highest law officer Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium had offered to resign. Subramanium, sources say, put in his papers, but Law Minister Veerappa Moily did not accept it. Subramanium offered to resign...

07:06 AM, Jul 10, 2011

New Delhi: The second most important law officer in the country Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam has offered to resign from his post, but Law Minister Veerappa Moily has not accepted his resignation, according to sources. Moily spoke to him and asked him to hold on. The offer to resign seems to have come following a host of issues, including the general perception that the Solicitor General has not been able...

08:57 PM, Jul 09, 2011

New Delhi: A rattled Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government on Friday changed its legal strategy to defend Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Supreme Court next week. Attorney General Ghoolam Vahanvati has replaced Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam in the case and will now defend the Prime Minister. But Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy claimed that Vahanvati faced conflict of interest. "I have no objection if Vahanvati defends the Prime Minister. But...

10:35 PM, Nov 19, 2010

New Delhi: A rattled Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government on Friday changed its legal strategy to defend Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Supreme Court next week. Attorney General Ghoolam Vahanvati has replaced Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam in the case and will now defend the Prime Minister. But Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy claimed that Vahanvati faced conflict of interest. "I have no objection if Vahanvati defends the Prime Minister. But...

10:19 PM, Nov 19, 2010

The government says all "bottlenecks" for access to the Lashkar-e-Toiba agent have been removed. ...

08:54 PM, May 01, 2010