New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he respected the Supreme Court verdict on the quashing of the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner.
"I respect the Supreme Court verdict," he said when asked to comment on the apex Court judgement.
Parliament sources said that a statement would be made on behalf of the government in both the Houses.
A high-power committee, headed by the Prime Minister, had cleared the appointment of Thomas, the then Union Telecom Secretary, to the Consitutional post.
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj, a member of the three-member high-power committee, had made known her disagreement to the government proposal of appointing Thomas as CVC. Home Minister P Chidambaram is the other member.