The Government today asserted that the Supreme Court has passed “no stricture” against the Prime Minister or the PMO in connection with the 2G spectrum issue and would file an affidavit before it tomorrow.
It also rejected suggestions that the law officers have failed to properly present its side in the spectrum case in the apex court.
“Nothing has gone wrong in the court...I know the Supreme Court more than you do,” Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters outside Parliament.
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Accusing media of creating a hype on the issue, the Minister rejected suggestions that the law officers had “goofed up“.
Mr. Moily’s statement came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioning the delay by the PMO in deciding on sanction for prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja.
The court had questioned the “alleged inaction and silence” of the sanctioning authority.
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Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, leading the government’s team in the 2G spectrum case, said that the Supreme Court has passed “no stricture” against the PM or the PMO and an affidavit would be filed in the apex court tomorrow.
“There is no stricture from the Supreme Court at all. If judges cannot ask questions, then who will ask the questions. We know how to deal with questions and we will answer them,” Mr. Subramanium said.
“Whatever was said (in the court) was part of a debate which takes place when a matter is adjudicated,” the SG told PTI.
To a question on the SC direction asking the government to file an affidavit, he said it would be filed tomorrow.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had granted time to the Centre to file the affidavit after Mr. Subramanium said that he is in a position to place before it the entire record on the issue.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Janta Party President Subramaniam Swamy seeking a direction to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for grant of sanction to prosecute Mr. Raja who resigned as Telecom Minister on Sunday in connection with the scam.