Solicitor General Resignation

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country's second-most senior legal officer, has resigned citing personal reasons.

The country's two top law officers Attorney General (AG) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati and Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations following the change in the government at the Centre.

Pressure mounted on Justice AK Ganguly to resign today from the West Bengal Human Rights Commission with Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh making public the affidavit of the law intern who has alleged sexual harassment by the former Supreme Court judge.

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who has incited a mega-controversy for the government, has refused to resign, insisting that he has done "nothing wrong" by asking for changes to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report on its coal investigation before the document was shared with the Supreme Court.

After scripting a mega scandal for the government, Harin Raval has resigned as Additional Solicitor General. Sources say that his exit may soon be followed by that of Attorney General GE Vahanvati, who Mr Raval accuses of lying to the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General of India Rohinton Nariman has resigned. The reason behind his resignation is not known yet.

The government failed to persuade Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to withdraw his resignation, and it was accepted today after the Law Ministry forwarded his resignation to the PMO.

Salman Khurshid has taken over as the new Law Minister from Veerappa Moily. He met Moily this morning to take stock of his ministry. He declared that a strong Lokpal Bill is high on his priority list along with the Judicial Accountability Bill and the Communal Violence Bill.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium's decision to resign has upset many within the government partly because he wrote directly to the Prime Minister, offering to quit. (Read: Solicitor General offers to resign, Moily rejects it) Sources say that over the weekend, Law Minister Veerappa Moily asked Mr Subramanium to reconsider his resignation, but t...

Law minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam tendering his resignation over the appointment of a private counsel to appear for the government in a 2G-related case in the Supreme Court. Moily, who was in Bangalore during the weekend, reached Delhi last night. Though ther...

After tendering his resignation, a move that surprised many, Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam today told NDTV that he quit in order to "protect the dignity of his office". He also met President Pratibha Patil today but the meeting was described as a courtesy call.The top law officer put in his papers yesterday after the government picked a priva...

In a surprise development, Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam today offered to resign, apparently upset over a government move to hire a private lawyer to represent the Telecom Ministry in the 2G scam case.Subramaniam is understood to have spoken to Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily to make the offer of resignation but the latter rejected it, sour...

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country's second-most senior legal officer, has resigned citing personal reasons.

The country's two top law officers Attorney General (AG) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati and Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations following the change in the government at the Centre.

Pressure mounted on Justice AK Ganguly to resign today from the West Bengal Human Rights Commission with Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh making public the affidavit of the law intern who has alleged sexual harassment by the former Supreme Court judge.

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who has incited a mega-controversy for the government, has refused to resign, insisting that he has done "nothing wrong" by asking for changes to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report on its coal investigation before the document was shared with the Supreme Court.

After scripting a mega scandal for the government, Harin Raval has resigned as Additional Solicitor General. Sources say that his exit may soon be followed by that of Attorney General GE Vahanvati, who Mr Raval accuses of lying to the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General of India Rohinton Nariman has resigned. The reason behind his resignation is not known yet.

The government failed to persuade Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to withdraw his resignation, and it was accepted today after the Law Ministry forwarded his resignation to the PMO.

Salman Khurshid has taken over as the new Law Minister from Veerappa Moily. He met Moily this morning to take stock of his ministry. He declared that a strong Lokpal Bill is high on his priority list along with the Judicial Accountability Bill and the Communal Violence Bill.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium's decision to resign has upset many within the government partly because he wrote directly to the Prime Minister, offering to quit. (Read: Solicitor General offers to resign, Moily rejects it) Sources say that over the weekend, Law Minister Veerappa Moily asked Mr Subramanium to reconsider his resignation, but t...

Law minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam tendering his resignation over the appointment of a private counsel to appear for the government in a 2G-related case in the Supreme Court. Moily, who was in Bangalore during the weekend, reached Delhi last night. Though ther...

After tendering his resignation, a move that surprised many, Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam today told NDTV that he quit in order to "protect the dignity of his office". He also met President Pratibha Patil today but the meeting was described as a courtesy call.The top law officer put in his papers yesterday after the government picked a priva...

In a surprise development, Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam today offered to resign, apparently upset over a government move to hire a private lawyer to represent the Telecom Ministry in the 2G scam case.Subramaniam is understood to have spoken to Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily to make the offer of resignation but the latter rejected it, sour...