Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam on Sunday kept his options open after he resigned protesting against the appointment of a lawyer to appear for the government in a 2G-related case without his consent.
Mr. Subramaniam sent in his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday evening and Dr. Singh counselled him not to adopt such a course.
Mr. Subramaniam also said that once he had come back to the case at the “insistence of the Prime Minister,” the office should have been respected.
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He said such offices entail “tremendous pressures, sacrifices and purity” where law officers have to walk on a “razor's edge.”
The former Attorney-General, Soli Sorabjee, said no self-respecting officer could continue when there was a loss of confidence in a lawyer. Probably Mr. Subramaniam was miffed at the manner in which it was done.