
New Delhi: An army court on Friday stuck to its earlier finding and pronounced that former 33 Corps commander Lt Gen PK Rath was not guilty of the charge of intent to defraud the army in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal. The General Court Martial in Shillong says the charge of intent to fraud cant be made out against him. Lt Gen Rath was given a sentence of...

05:21 PM, Jul 15, 2011

Lt Gen PK Rath goes down in history as the first serving Lieutenant General to be convicted. ...

09:31 PM, Jan 21, 2011

New Delhi: For the first time in the history of Indian Army a serving Lieutenant General has been found guilt in a scam. In an unprecedented court-martial of a high-ranking serving officer, Lt General PK Rath was found guilty on three counts in the Sukna land scam case on Friday. Lt Gen Rath was found guilty after a General Court Martial proceeding, headed by Presiding officer Lt Gen IJ Singh,...

03:41 PM, Jan 21, 2011

The Army initiated the summary of evidence against him at the Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata from Tuesday. ...

09:42 AM, Jun 30, 2010

New Delhi: Lt Gen PK Rath, former commander of 33 Corps of the Army, on Thursday withdrew his petition against his court martial in the Sukna land scam from the Armed Forces Tribunal in New Delhi. Giving reasons for the move, Lt Gen Rath's counsel Ajit K Singh said his client withdrew the petition as the Tribunal has already ordered reconvening of the court of inquiry (COI) in the case...

03:32 PM, Feb 25, 2010

Court tells the Army officer to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal. ...

01:15 PM, Feb 15, 2010

Lt Gen P Goel will be the presiding officer for the proceedings. ...

06:18 PM, Feb 09, 2010

Army Chief Deepak Kapoor faced the fire over the Sukhna land scam. ...

10:35 PM, Jan 14, 2010

Four generals indicted by a COI for their role in allegedly issuing NOC. ...

06:10 PM, Jan 14, 2010

Recommendation has been sent to Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor. ...

01:22 AM, Dec 23, 2009

Lt Gen Rath's brother says V K Singh and Deepak Kapoor knew of the scam. ...

07:18 PM, Dec 02, 2009

Two serving generals were indicted in a land scam in Darjeeling. ...

06:52 AM, Dec 02, 2009

An internal court of inquiry has found them guilty. ...

08:46 PM, Dec 01, 2009

They have been indicted for issuing an NOC to a private establishment. ...

08:47 AM, Dec 01, 2009