Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on Friday hear former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's plea in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society case. Chavan had sought quashing of the FIR lodged against him in the case arguing that he was falsely implicated by political rivals. At the last hearing on April 1, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had opposed Chavan's petition.
The Congress leader's plea also claimed that the CBI has no jurisdiction to probe the case, as neither the High Court nor the Maharashtra government had asked it to take over the case. The High Court had, earlier, sought replies from both the state and the CBI.
The CBI, in its reply-affidavit on April 1, had said that Chavan, as the chief minister, granted "undue favours" to Adarsh Society, in return for which his relatives were allotted three flats. Chavan also asked the society to take 40 per cent members from civilian category, when it was originally meant only for war veterans, the CBI had alleged, adding that the Congress leader played a key role in the scam.
Chavan's mother-in-law Bhagvati Sharma, sister-in-law Seema Sharma and father-in-law's brother Madanlal Sharma have flats in the society. The CBI has filed chargesheet against the former chief minister and 12 others for criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct under Indian Penal Code and also under Prevention of Corruption Act....
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08:31 AM, Apr 12, 2013
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
The CBI has filed a chargesheet in a case where a bribe was allegedly paid to its counsel Mandar Goswami to dilute the Adarsh Housing Society case. ...
10:05 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Mumbai: The Union Defence Ministry on Friday filed a title suit over the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Bombay High Court. The title suit claims that the land on which the society is built belongs to the Defence Ministry. The suit came months after the Defence Ministry sent a notice to the Maharashtra government claiming ownership of the land. The claim is contrary to the that of judicial panel appointed...
05:39 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Mumbai: One of the main accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, died of a heart attack at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital on Tuesday. Gidwani was a former Congress MLC and promoter of Adarsh. He was admitted to breach candy on Friday after suffering a second heart attack in four days. Accused Kanhaiyalal Gidwani and his family own flats in the controversial housing society. Kanhaiyalal Gidwani was accused...
10:08 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Indore: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said he would soon expose "real owners" who are allegedly holding benami flats in controversial Adarsh building. Adarsh, the 31-storey highrise in south Mumbai, became the centre of controversy following allegations that ineligible persons, including politicians and bureaucrats among others, had got membership to the society. "I will soon release names of real owners who own flats in Adarsh Housing Society," Singh...
09:12 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Mumbai: A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday recused itself from hearing a bunch of PILs in Adarsh scam case and also the application of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan who has sought quashing of the corruption case against him. "Not before us," a division bench of Justices SA Bobde and RG Ketkar said on Tuesday when the PILs came up for hearing. The bench, however,...
09:27 PM, Aug 28, 2012
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
Mumbai: The judicial commission probing the Adarsh housing scam has summoned the son of accused former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani for not co-operating with the panel and not providing satisfactory answers to the questions presented by the probe officials. Accused Kanhaiyalal Gidwani and his family owns flats in the controversial housing society. The scam involves a prime plot in south Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by...
09:47 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: A former Union Ministry official told a judicial panel here on Monday that the Adarsh housing society has to be demolished as it does not have environmental clearance. Former Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) director Bharat Bhushan told the two-member inquiry commission set up by the state government to probe into the scam, that the Adarsh building stands in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and hence environmental clearance...
08:58 PM, Aug 06, 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: Adarsh Housing Society - Mumbai's tower of deceit that claimed one Congress Chief Minister's chair and brought two former CMs under the scanner now threatens to entangle the BJP. In an embarrassment to BJP President Nitin Gadkari, his close aide and Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti, it now appears, could be a common link to 10 benami flats in the society. Documents given as affidavit to the judicial commission...
09:36 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Mumbai: A week after claiming that high ranking officials from the Ministry of Defence were targeting the Adarsh society as they were not granted membership, the society has now trained its gun on former Army Chief V K Singh, accusing him of being behind the "plot" to "settle scores with his predecessors". According to the Adarsh society, Singh, who recently retired as Chief of Army Staff, initiated a plot to...
08:21 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Mumbai: Terming as 'not tenable and frivolous' MoD's notice claiming ownership of the land on which the controversial Adarsh building stands, Maharashtra government has said a litigation between the Union and state government on the title should be avoided. "The state government sincerely feels that better counsel will prevail upon the Ministry of Defence to avoid litigation between the Union of India and government of Maharashtra as unwanted and frivolous...
04:39 PM, Jul 29, 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
Mumbai: The Indian Army, in an affidavit in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, has reiterated that it owns land on which the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai stands. The Army declared that it has served notices to Maharashtra government and Adarsh Society to obtain vacant and peaceful possession of the land failing which it will file a suit in court. Maintaing that the Commission of Inquiry report is...
12:36 PM, Jul 18, 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
