The CBI on Monday opposed the petition filed by former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan seeking to quash the case registered against him in the Adarsh Society scam. Chavan has sought quashing of FIR lodged against him by CBI, arguing that he was falsely implicated by political rivals. ...
04:50 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Brigadier (retired) MM Wanchoo, Chairman of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society and key accused in the multi-crore Housing scam, has resigned from the post due to old age and poor health. In a resignation letter addressed to the Secretary, Brig Wanchoo wrote, "I hereby tender my resignation from the post of the Chairman of the Society due to my advancing age, poor health and deteriorating medical condition of my wife." ...
04:27 PM, Mar 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to hear the plea by former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan seeking to quash the case against him in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Chavan had moved the Bombay High Court on Monday to quash the case against him. Justice Bobabde, however, refused to hear the case. In his petition, Chavan had stated that the Adarsh Commission interim report ruled that...
01:52 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: Former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Jairaj Phatak is expected to appear before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam on Monday. Phatak is among the 14 people named by the CBI in its chargesheet in the scam. Phatak was the Urban Development Secretary when Adarsh flats were allotted. He's been accused of using his post to grant permits against norms. ...
09:36 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: A CBI court in Mumbai is expected to take cognizance of the chargesheet in the Adarsh Housing Society scam on Monday. Nearly 12 people, including former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, are named in the chargesheet. In the last hearing, the court had enquired with the prosecution on the status of the PIL filed in the scam. ...
09:36 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Mumbai: Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday asserted that the land in the city on which the controversial Adarsh Society stands belongs to the Defence Ministry. He said that contrary to the Maharashtra government's contention that the land belonged to the state, it was actually in the possession of the Defence Ministry. "There is our possession on the land and we have conveyed this to the commission," Mr Antony told...
09:54 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: After three former CMs, two former Army Chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij will appear before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing society scam on Wednesday. Both could be questioned on why no alarm was raised regarding the security threat to military establishments from Adarsh. They had got membership in the controversial housing society when Vilasrao Deshmukh was Chief Minister of Maharashtra. But they gave...
06:25 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is facing a possible legal hurdle in the Adarsh Housing Society case. The CBI court on Tuesday questioned the investigative agency's counsel about the jurisdiction in Adarsh case after the Maharashtra government challenged the jurisdiction of the CBI to investigate Adarsh case. The CBI informed the court that the Bombay High Court has posted the matter of jurisdiction for July 18. The chargesheet...
03:08 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is among the 14 people chargesheeted by the CBI on Wednesday in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam, which also includes several retired Army officers and top Maharashtra bureaucrats. Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde have not been named in the chargesheet. The 10,000-page CBI chargesheet was filed before the Registrar of a sessions court; nearly 18 months after...
01:21 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Mumbai: In a new development in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the Maharashtra government has questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) jurisdiction in investigating the case. As the CBI gets ready to file its chargesheet in the case, the government has filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court saying it had never asked for inquiry by the central probe agency in the first place. The scam had fuelled...
08:48 AM, Jul 04, 2012
It's been over 17 months since the central probe agency registered the FIR naming 14 people. ...
12:28 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the Adarsh Housing Society scam, saying the allotment of land in Mumbai city is governed by the Government Resolution of 1999 and Directions from the Chief Minister's Office, both of which clearly state that for allotment of land in Mumbai city, the approval has to come from the CM. Chavan was the revenue minister...
12:44 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday deposed before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam. He is the third former Maharashtra chief minister to do so. Chavan was accompanied by hordes of supporters on his way to the probe venue. A heavy police presence was around. Chavan was forced to resign in 2010 after the scam came to light. The CBI said it was...
11:22 AM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh reappeared before the Adarsh probe commission on Wednesday. Vilasrao said that although the letter of intent was signed by him as Chief Minister, it was done only because the departments concerned, revenue and finance, had cleared it. The Revenue minister at the time was Ashok Chavan, while Jayant Patil was the finance minister during Deshmukh's tenure. He further said,...
01:44 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh reappeared before the Adarsh probe commission on Wednesday. On Tuesday, he had blamed bureaucrats for two key decisions during his chief ministership, that of the allotment of land and granting additional floor space. Deshmukh appeared before the commission after Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde blamed him for clearing files related to the Adarsh Housing Society. Deshmukh on Tuesday told the Adarsh commission...
12:08 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday commuted the death sentence awarded to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh. He is likely to be freed next week after clearance from the Interior Ministry. ...
10:32 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday submitted an affidavit on the Adarsh Housing Society scam to the Bombay High Court, saying it is thoroughly probing allegations made in a PIL against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Cabinet Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde and others. The investigative body also said that it had examined all the relevant witnesses in the case, including two former chief ministers,...
01:35 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Mumbai: Days after the special CBI court granted bail to seven accused in the Adarsh Society scam, two more accused have filed their bail applications. Former city civic chief Jairaj Phatak and former state chief information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari approached the sessions court on Monday, saying the CBI has not filed the charge sheet even 60 days after their arrest. If Phatak and Tiwari are also granted bail, then all...
02:13 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: The BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling Congress in the state of carrying on a cover-up operation to avoid the arrest of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Housing Society scam. Addressing a press conference, BJP secretary Kirit Somaiya said the state government purposely asked the Adarsh judicial commission to submit an interim report on the issue of ownership of the land where Adarsh building stands, and whether...
03:59 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi apparently to explain the slow decision-making process marring investigations into the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The Maharashtra government has been facing severe criticism over its apparently "lethargic attitude" and slow decision-making process impairing the investigations. The judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam on Tuesday tabled its report in the Maharashtra Assembly and, in a...
11:19 AM, Apr 21, 2012
