Attorney general to appear for PM in Raja case

Attorney General of India / lawyer to represent PM in SC 2G fraud days at 19 November 2010. Attorney General G. Vahanvati appear in the Supreme Court Tuesday to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to respond to tip the court asked why he did not give sanction to initiate a criminal case against the now disgraced and former Minister A. Raja, informed sources said Friday.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium appear in the same case on behalf of the Department of Telecommunications and additional lawyer Harin Rawal will argue for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the sources said.The prosecutor in India Goolam E Vahanavati will represent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2G spectrum allocation issue when the Supreme Court the case comes up in the hearing Tuesday.


The Supreme Court attempted to learn two days ago, why the prime minister has not given sanction Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy in 2008 to file a case under Prevention of Corruption Act against Raja, who resigned as communications minister five days ago over 2G spectrum controversy . Vahanvati said the government has asked him to represent the Prime Minister 2G fraud case.

The Supreme Court had yesterday asked the Prime Minister to send to Saturday a declaration of "alleged failure" in response to a petition seeking sanction to prosecute the former Telecom Minister A Raja in the spectrum case, calling the matter "very seriously". The Court had also said that the CAG report on 2G spectrum is placed in the parliament was "revealing". The Court had also said that the CAG report on 2G spectrum is placed in the parliament was "revealing".