The SC on April 30 tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
12:26 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: More trouble for the UPA as former Solicitor General of India, Gopal Subramanium breaks his silence. Gopal Subramanium has criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his handling of the coalgate mess. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN's national affairs editor Bhupendra Chaubey, he said that the Prime Minister is guilty of erring in judgment on the issue. Below is an excerpt of the interview: CNN-IBN: You are someone who has...
05:06 PM, May 03, 2013
Barely two and a half months after the horrific December 16 gangrape, there was outrage and protests on the streets of Delhi again after a 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an MCD school in Mangolpuri on Thursday. Angry protesters, including neighbours and local residents clashed outside the hospital with the police, accusing them of taking no action for three hours post the incident. ...
07:46 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The Verma Committee rejected the suggestion of chemical castration of rapists as it considered handing down such a punishment would violate human rights and that mutilation of the body is not permitted under the Constitution. "We note that it would be unconstitutional and inconsistent with basic human rights treaties for the state to expose any citizen without their consent to potentially dangerous medical side effects." ...
12:04 PM, Jan 24, 2013
New Delhi: Sources have told CNN-IBN that Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman is all set to be appointed as the new Solicitor General of India, the second senior most law officer of the country, in place of Gopal Subramanium, who quit recently. Sources said that the government has decided to appoint him as the next Solicitor General, a proposal to which he has given his consent. "The formal notification on his...
04:27 PM, Jul 23, 2011
New Delhi: Government on Thursday accepted the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, five days after he took the step as he was upset over appointment of a private advocate to represent Telecom Ministry in a case in the Supreme Court. Sources said Law Minister Salman Khurshid accepted the resignation and it was conveyed to Subramanium. 53-year-old Subramanium was appointed the Solicitor General on June 15, 2009 for a three-year...
09:15 PM, Jul 14, 2011
New Delhi: Salman Khurshid, who assumed as Law Minister on Wednesday, made it clear that a decision on the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium will be taken after consultations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Khurshid also said he had an "open mind" on the issue which he wanted to resolve at the earliest. "...a lot of water has already flown under the bridge before I came. I will take...
03:59 PM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: Salman Khurshid took charge as the country's new Law Minister on Wednesday and said that his first order of business will be taking a decision on the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramnaiam. "I will just take a quick stock on the situation in consultation with the Prime Minister. Any such decision that I have to take as quickly as i can," Khurshid said. On priorities as Law...
08:50 AM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: Senior advocate Rohington Nariman, whose appointment as counsel in a case against Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal triggering Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium's resignation, on Monday appeared for the government in the Supreme Court. Subramanium, whose resignation has not yet been accepted, preferred to keep himself away from the court proceedings. There was also a notice in the cause list which said Subramanium informed the court about his decision not...
06:43 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium tendering his resignation over the appointment of a private counsel to appear for the government in a 2G-related case in the Supreme Court. Moily, who was in Bangalore during the weekend, reached Delhi on Sunday night. Though there was no official word yet on the meeting, it is...
01:04 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium on Saturday said that he tendered his resignation as 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...
04:57 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Government on Thursday placed before the Supreme Court in sealed cover recorded tapes containing the conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others relating to the 2G spectrum allocation case. While placing the recorded conversation before the bench comprising justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said that it is a hard disc drive directly downloaded from the server which contains the conversations....
11:28 AM, Dec 02, 2010
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja on Wednesday refuted the Comptroller and Auditor General Report on 2G spectrum scam in the Supreme Court. Raja claimed he followed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommendations in allocation of 2G spectrum. He said that the CAG report that blamed him for a total loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer was highly speculative. Under fire on the 2G...
02:21 PM, Dec 01, 2010
