SG keeps options open on resignation

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Solicitor General Gopal
Subramanium on Sunday kept his options open a day after he
resigned protesting against appointment of a lawyer to appear
for the Indian government in a 2G related case without his
consent.
Even as the Indian government appeared to be working
on how to make the second top most law officer of the country
withdraw his resignation, Subramanium's action was backed by
jurists, former Chief Justice of India J S Verma and eminent
counsel Soli Sorabjee.
Maintaining that he resigned to keep the dignity of
the post, Subramanium met Indian President Pratibha Patil and
later parried questions whether he would reconsider his
decision if Law Minister M Veerappa Moily asked him to go back
on his action.
Sources said Subramanium (53), who has been appearing
for the government in the 2G related cases in the Supreme
Court, said it was "unfair" that the Law Ministry chose to
appoint Rohington Nariman as counsel for Union of India to
appear in a PIL filed by an NGO against Telecom Minister Kapil
Sibal without his consent.
However, sources close to Sibal chose to dismiss the
objection saying that Nariman would appear on his behalf and
not the government. Subramanium would continue to appear for
the Telecom Ministry in the 2G cases.