Attorney General Ge Vahanvati

• Ishrat Jahan case: CBI told it needs Centre's sanction to prosecute Intelligence Bureau officers

  The Attorney General of India GE Vahanvati has told the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI that the agency needs the sanction of the government before it prosecutes serving and retired Intelligence Bureau officers charged in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

• Centre's approval not required in court-monitored probe against civil servants: Supreme Court to CBI

  The Supreme Court today held that no approval from the Centre is required by CBI to prosecute senior bureaucrats in court-monitored corruption cases, strengthening the arms of the agency to go ahead against the officials without taking prior sanction from government.

• Attorney General for immediate disqualification of convicted MPs

  Ending uncertainty over the procedure to notify the disqualification of convicted MPs Lalu Prasad and Jagdish Sharma, the Attorney General (AG) has told the Lok Sabha secretariat to immediately issue the notification declaring the seats vacant.

• Lawmakers convicted for more than 2 years disqualified immediately: Attorney General

  Attorney General GE Vahanvati has said any lawmaker convicted for more than two years by a court of law stands disqualified from the date of his or her conviction.

• Coal-gate: Attorney General apologises in Supreme Court for losing his cool

  Attorney General GE Vahanvati today apologised before the Supreme Court for losing his cool during arguments in the coal blocks allocation scam case yesterday.

• Sonia Gandhi hoax call: ten minutes that rattled Attorney General

  The Delhi Police, investigating the case where an impersonator pretending to be Congress chief Sonia Gandhi called Attorney General GE Vahanvati, have found that at least six calls were made in which crucial cases being heard in the Supreme Court were discussed.

• Government may ban opinion polls during elections

  The government is considering a proposal of the Election Commission to ban the publication of opinion polls during elections.

• On CBI supervision, Attorney General sides with the government

  On a day when the Supreme Court observed that the Central Vigilance Commission or CVC supervises the CBI, NDTV has learnt that Attorney General GE Vahanvati has said that it is the Central government which is the final authority in deciding whether to give the probe agency permission to conduct a direct investigation against a senior official.

• Coal-gate: Law Minister denies reports of meeting the Prime Minister

  Law Minister Ashwani Kumar today visited the Prime Minister's Office, but reportedly did not meet Dr Manmohan Singh as the latter left his office just a few minutes later. Dr Singh did, however, meet Attorney General GE Vahanvati earlier in the day.

• Coal-Gate: After CBI submits affidavit, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar meets PM

  After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today submitted a nine-page affidavit on its coal scam report to the Supreme Court, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to explain the latest developments, according to sources.

• Coal scam: CBI to submit affidavit before Supreme Court today; will it spell more trouble for Law Minister?

  The CBI is likely to admit in the Supreme Court today that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Attorney General GE Vahanvati both asked for changes to its report on its coal investigation before the document was submitted to judges last month.

• CBI affidavit to confirm Law Minister and Attorney General proposed changes to coal report: sources

  On Monday, the CBI is likely to admit in the Supreme Court that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Attorney General GE Vahanvati both asked for changes to its report on its coal investigation before the document was submitted to judges last month.

• Coal-Gate: more meetings for CBI director that could stir controversy

  In one searing observation after another at a hearing this week, the Supreme Court made it clear that it believes the government's control over the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is an imprecation that must be purged. Its judges said, "We have to insulate CBI from political and any other type of interference."

• Coal-Gate: am collateral damage, says Law Minister, to unimpressed Congress

  Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who has led the government into a Godzilla-sized scandal, has reportedly told his party that it must defend him because he has been made "collateral damage."

• Coal-Gate: Attorney General GE Vahanvati's rebuttal appears thin in substance

  The CBI's investigation into how coal fields were allocated to private players has turned into a rip tide for the government, with some if its A-listers trying to stay afloat despite charges of brazen misconduct.