Caught in controversy for having vetted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) status report on Coalgate scam, Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has resigned today evening..CBI Director Ranjit Sinha had submitted in an affidavit to the Supreme Court that the Law Minister and officials from the Ministry of Coal and Prime Minister’s Office had vetted and made changes to the CBI Status Report which was subsequently submitted to the Supreme Court. Pursuant to the same, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on the CBI for failing to maintain independence in the investigation. .Kumar, a Senior Advocate, had taken over the reins of the Law Ministry from Salman Khurshid after the cabinet reshuffle which happened in October, 2012..Earlier, Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval had resigned after expressing his unhappiness at the manner in which Attorney General (AG) Goolam E. Vahanvati had handled the coal allocation scam.
Caught in controversy for having vetted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) status report on Coalgate scam, Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has resigned today evening..CBI Director Ranjit Sinha had submitted in an affidavit to the Supreme Court that the Law Minister and officials from the Ministry of Coal and Prime Minister’s Office had vetted and made changes to the CBI Status Report which was subsequently submitted to the Supreme Court. Pursuant to the same, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on the CBI for failing to maintain independence in the investigation. .Kumar, a Senior Advocate, had taken over the reins of the Law Ministry from Salman Khurshid after the cabinet reshuffle which happened in October, 2012..Earlier, Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval had resigned after expressing his unhappiness at the manner in which Attorney General (AG) Goolam E. Vahanvati had handled the coal allocation scam.
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