India, July 30 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor praised the late former PM Manmohan Singh as the "cleanest man in Indian politics" after the Supreme Court closed the coal block case against the former prime minister.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday formally exonerated the ex-PM and quashed the 2015 trial order filed against him. The order was passed by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, bringing a posthumous legal vindication to Singh, who died in December 2024.

Taking to X, Tharoor stated that Manmohan Singh did not need a "certificate of integrity" from the top court, adding that those who sought to implicate the former PM should be ashamed of themselves.

"Irony just died again...