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
Mumbai: The Congress party on Monday swept away the elections for Nanded Municipal Corporation of the state by winning 41 out of the total 81 seats. The Congress, which shares power with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) at the state level, went alone in elections to the 81-member Nanded Municipal Corporation, held on Sunday. While NCP secured 10 seats, Shiv Sena got 14 and BJP won on two seats. Reacting...
03:49 PM, Oct 15, 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: Nearly two months after he was charge-sheeted in the Adarsh housing society scam, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the cheating and corruption case registered against him by the CBI. Chavan and 12 others were charge-sheeted by the CBI on July 4 with the Congress leader being accused of granting some approvals to the housing society in upscale Colaba...
12:58 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Chennai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is expected to call on his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh in a Chennai hospital on Friday. Deshmukh was admitted to ICU on Monday night following an undisclosed illness. His condition is stable but remains in the ICU and the doctors will be deciding if he needs a liver transplant. Deshmukh's family says he is responding to treatment. A decision on whether or not he...
11:50 AM, Aug 10, 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: The two-member inquiry commission probing the Adarsh Society scam will record the statements of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's relatives Seema Sharma and Madanlal Sharma on Wednesday. Chavan's sister-in-law Seema and father-in-law's brother Madanlal are members of the plush 31-storey Adarsh building in south Mumbai. Earlier on June 30, Chavan himself had deposed before the commission. The commission is likely to record Seema and Madanlal's statements on how...
02:40 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, an accused in the multi-crore Adarsh scam, returned Rs 69 lakh, allegedly received by him from his "close aide" Jayant Shah to purchase flats for his relatives at the highrise, soon after the scandal was unearthed and a PIL was filed in the Bombay High Court in 2010. This has been revealed by CBI in its over 10,000-page chargesheet filed earlier this month...
11:04 PM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: BJP Secretary Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday met Minister of State in PMO V Narayansamy to complain that the CBI probe into the Adarsh Housing scam is slow, contradictory and hit by hurdles and presented his set of demands in the case. "Investigation and action in the Adarsh scam is not only slow but also contradictory. The role and actions of Government of India and Maharashtra government raise several...
01:19 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Mumbai: Fault lines have appeared in the Maharashtra Congress unit following the blame game underway between top leaders over the Adarsh housing society scam. The supporters of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan have written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan seeking the state government's support for him. Former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan had passed the Adarsh buck among themselves. Ashok Chavan had blamed his...
02:49 PM, Jul 09, 2012
CERN scientists discover the elusive God particle. The CBI chargesheets former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan. ...
11:55 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The CBI chargesheets former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan and 12 others in the Adarsh Housing scam. ...
11:45 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The CBI has charged the former chief minister with facilitating the inclusion of 40 per cent flats for the civilians. ...
10:27 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed its first chargesheet in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, charging 13 people, including former chief minister Ashok Chavan, bureaucrats and military officers. According to CBI sources, the investigating agency is probing as many as 24 benami flats. The CBI has charged the former chief minister with facilitating the inclusion of 40 per cent flats for the civilians when he was...
07:02 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has charged former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan along with several senior bureaucrats and former Army officer in the Adarsh scam, and is also probing 24 benami flats in the housing society. According to the chargesheet submitted by the CBI Ashok Chavan got three flats for his wife's relatives. The chargsheet further says that Chavan facilitated inclusion of 40 per cent flats for civilians in the...
04:39 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: After being chargesheeted by the CBI in the Adarsh housing scam, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said that attempts are being made by his political rivals to implicate him in the case. Its unfortunate. Its a political conspiracy hatched by my political opponents to keep me out of public life. The issue has been blown out of proportion. I was neither connected to the allotment...
02:40 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will likely file its first chargesheet in the Adarsh Housing society scam on Tuesday, more than 17 months after registering its first FIR. The FIR had named 14 accused, including Maharashtra's former chief minister Ashok Chavan as well senior ex-Army officials and top bureaucrats. Chavan had been forced to resign after the scam came to light in October 2010. The CBI believes that...
07:54 AM, Jul 03, 2012
