Noting certain observations of the apex court in the 2G case on Friday last, Tewari said "if the Supreme Court can be so circumspect in its observations, is it not essential that other constitutional bodies, especially the CAG, should follow suit?".
Tewari also recalled that in its earlier judgement on the 2G matter, the Supreme Court had refrained from commenting on the "hypothetical loss" figures computed by the CAG.
The party also took a dig at BJP hoping it would react with sobriety on the order and "does not raise post-retirement judicial sinecures".
The remarks were in the context of two-year cool-off period for judges before taking up a job after retirement proposed by BJP leader Arun Jaitley.
At the same time, party spokesman Manish Tewari downplayed today's observations by the apex court that CAG is not a "munimji" (accountant). (more)