Govt ensured it lost cases against corporates: Ex-ASG

Bishwajit Bhattacharyya retired as India’s additional solicitor-general on  November 9. Hired specifically to fight on behalf of the Government on all indirect taxation cases involving thousands of crores, Bhattacharyya says he spent most of his time watching his client (the Government) enfeebling him and handing things on a platter to the lawyers of the corporate houses. In a damning book, released a day after his retirement, titled: “My Experience with the Office of Additional Solicitor General”...

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