New Delhi: Obviously slighted by the government’s rejection of his name for Supreme Court judgeship, eminent lawyer Gopal Subramanium has refused to be the special public prosecutor in the coal blocks allocation scam cases.
His name had on July 18 emerged as the first choice of Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to try the accused in the coal scam cases.
Mr Subramanium’s office said that one of the counsel appearing in the matter had given information about the court's choice to appoint him as the SPP only if he gives his consent.
However, the former solicitor general has expressed his difficulty in taking up the job as he has several prior commitments, it said.
“He has many prior commitments so he would not be in a position to take up the job of SPP,” Mr Subramanium’s personal staff said.
His office said this was a message conveyed to advocate M.L. Sharma, one of the petitioners in the coal scam cases.
