<p>The probe agency has already clarified that it was the prerogative of the government to appoint a counsel and that there was no difference of opinion on the proposed appointment of senior advocate U U Lalit as special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. </p>.<p>The CBI had told the Supreme Court that it could not find a lawyer to represent it in the spectrum allocation case, following which the apex court had suggested Lalit's name.</p>.<p>Most of the senior expert lawyers have either received briefings by telecom firms or have been hired by them.</p>.<p>Later, the Union Government objected to Lalit's name in the Supreme Court on technical grounds saying that he did not have the required experience.</p>.<p>Senior CBI officials said the agency's role is only to carry out a probe in the case and it is the Government's domain to appoint the prosecutor.</p>.<p>"We have no problem with anybody (lawyer) proposed by the government for the case," the CBI official said.</p>.<p>The CBI had started probing the spectrum allocation scam in 2009.</p>.<p>On April 2, the agency filed its first chargesheet against 12 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja alleging that he had manipulated the procedure for allocation of spectrum with the aim of favouring companies like Swan Telecom and the Unitech Group.</p>.<p>The agency will file a supplementary chargesheet in the case by April 25.</p>
<p>The probe agency has already clarified that it was the prerogative of the government to appoint a counsel and that there was no difference of opinion on the proposed appointment of senior advocate U U Lalit as special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. </p>.<p>The CBI had told the Supreme Court that it could not find a lawyer to represent it in the spectrum allocation case, following which the apex court had suggested Lalit's name.</p>.<p>Most of the senior expert lawyers have either received briefings by telecom firms or have been hired by them.</p>.<p>Later, the Union Government objected to Lalit's name in the Supreme Court on technical grounds saying that he did not have the required experience.</p>.<p>Senior CBI officials said the agency's role is only to carry out a probe in the case and it is the Government's domain to appoint the prosecutor.</p>.<p>"We have no problem with anybody (lawyer) proposed by the government for the case," the CBI official said.</p>.<p>The CBI had started probing the spectrum allocation scam in 2009.</p>.<p>On April 2, the agency filed its first chargesheet against 12 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja alleging that he had manipulated the procedure for allocation of spectrum with the aim of favouring companies like Swan Telecom and the Unitech Group.</p>.<p>The agency will file a supplementary chargesheet in the case by April 25.</p>