Army chief’s crosshairs on Attorney General

Squarely in the crosshairs of the army chief, General VK Singh, is Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati. Already under fire in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, which the CBI is investigating, Vahanvati provided Defence Minister AK Antony the legal opinion that led to the MoD’s rejection of General Singh’s petition for his birth date to be recognised as 10th May 1951. The army chief's writ petition, filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, directly challenges Vahanvati’s opinion.

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