The government on Wednesday scotched all the rumours suggesting that it would not oppose the bail of Kanimozhi and other in 2G spectrum allocation case.

Expressing unhappiness over the over media reports in the past two days hinting at the possibility of government not opposing the bail of the accused, the Supreme Court judges on Wednesday asked the Additional Solicitor General to make  government’s stand clear on this. 

"Is it in favour of the bail or oppose the bail?" judges asked. To this Additional Solicitor General replied, "My instructions are to oppose the bail."

The apex court also took Law Minister Salman Kurshid to task for his statement that putting businessmen behind bars will hamper investment, the court observed, "If the news report is true, it is disturbing for us."

Justice HL Dutti referred to the 2G media report said, "We have confusion. There are newspaper reports of a statement being attributed to a minister giving an impression that SC is interested in keeping the business people behind bars. It was disturbing for us. Whether the statement attributed to the minister is right or wrong, please clarify the stand of the government."

It also expressed surprise over report that CBI will not oppose bail plea of DMK''s Kanimozhi and some other accused in the 2G case.

The CBI also said in the Supreme Court that the report that they are not going to oppose the bail of 2G accused is incorrect. We will oppose bail plea of 2G accused, including Kanimozhi, in court, the CBI said.