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
New Delhi: An Army court on Saturday ordered two years loss of seniority, 15 years loss of service for pension benefits and severe reprimand for Lt General PK Rath after finding him guilty in Sukna land scam. The order is subject to confirmation by the Defence Ministry. For the first time in the history of Indian Army a serving Lieutenant General has been found guilt in a scam. In an...
06:37 PM, Jan 22, 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
New Delhi: Former 33 Corps Commander Lt Gen P K Rath to be court-martialed in the Sukna land scam case, say defence sources. Rath is accused of giving no-objection certificate to a private builder for constructing an educational institute on a land belonging to Indian Army in Sukna, West Bengal. Along Rath, Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash is also accused of involvement in the land scam. The 70-acre area of land...
05:06 PM, Aug 20, 2010
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
General Rath has blown the argument of a Sukhna school being a security threat. ...
10:29 PM, Feb 02, 2010
Army has acted against three of its top Generals in the Sukhna land scam. ...
10:40 PM, Jan 27, 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
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