Will reply to BJP, says Moily
Jan. 27: The Union law minister, Mr M. Veerappa Moily, met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Thursday to brief him on various options before the government on the appointment of the central vigilance commissioner P.J. Thomas
Mr Moily, speaking to this newspaper, refused to confirm what had transpired at his meeting with the Prime Minister. On Ms Swaraj’s move to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court on the subject, he said: “Let her file an affidavit. The government will respond to it.”
The government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that details of Mr Thomas being chargesheeted in a corruption case and pending sanction for prosecution were not placed before the high-powered committee headed by the Prime Minister. “The pendency of the chargesheet or the sanction was not before the committee. I am making a statement that these papers were not there. Nothing about the palmolein case was before the committee,” attorney-general, Mr G.E. Vahanvati, told a bench comprising Chief Justice S.H. Kapaidia and Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar.
The A-G made the revelation after the court specifically asked him if the selection committee were given details about the pending case against Mr Thomas and also the question of sanction.
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