I quit as govt appointed Special Counsel in 2G case without asking me: SG

Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium today said he tendered his resignation, because a Special Counsel was appointed to represent the government in the 2G spectrum case, without taking him into confidence.

“The appointment of Special Counsel (private lawyer) twithout my consent it was not correct and it was an unfair decision,” he said.

Asked whether he would stick to the decision to quit the office of Solicitor General, Subramanium said he would not comment on it now. Subramanium is understood to have protested to 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.

Moily will soon talk to Subramanium to persuade him not to press for his resignation even as he met President Pratibha Patil today.

Subramanium, however, declined to comment on his meeting with the President.

Sources said Moily will talk to 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 Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.

The government is confident that Subramanium will understand and continue to represent the Telecom Ministry in the 2G case, the sources said.