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Apex court verdict vindicates PM, says PMO
Tuesday January 31, 2012 07:26:20 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict on
time-specific sanction for prosecuting alleged corrupt public
servants has "completely vindicated" the prime minister.
"We welcome the fact that both the learned judges have completely
vindicated the PM while appreciating the onerous duties of his
office," said a statement from the PMO.
In its verdict, the apex court set the government a three-month
deadline for sanctioning prosecution of public servants under the
Prevention of Corruption Act while allowing a petition by Janata
Party leader Subramanian Swamy.
Swamy had contended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sitting on
his application seeking sanction to prosecute former telecom
minister A. Raja for his alleged involvement in the 2G scam.
"The government is examining their (the court's) directions
regarding the manner in which applications are to be dealt with,"
the PMO statement added.
A bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said the
three-month period would be extended by another month if the
government wanted to take the opinion of the attorney general.
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