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: A special court on Tuesday granted bail to all the seven people accused in the Adarsh housing society scam. The seven accused are former defence officials, AR Kumar, MM Wanchu, RC Thakur and TK Kaul, former senior IAS officers PV Deshmukh and Pradeep Vyas and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani. All the accused had sought bail on the ground that CBI had not filed a chargesheet even 60 days...
01:23 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: The Adarsh Housing society scam is soon becoming a flash point between the Ministry of Defence and the Maharashtra government. Both have been claiming ownership over the land on which the tower of deceit stands. On Monday, the MoD sent a notice to the Maharashtra government with the claim and may file a title suit in either the Bombay High Court or the Supreme Court for the plot. It...
08:05 AM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: An internal report of the Defence Ministry has dismissed the findings of the judicial commission's interim report into the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Maharashtra. Mumbai's infamous tower of deceit, the Adarsh Housing Society, has now turned into a flashpoint pitting the Defence Ministry against the Maharashtra government. A state government-appointed judicial commission concluded that the land on which the building stands belongs to the state. The Army said...
10:19 AM, May 11, 2012
Mumbai: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Monday said the land in south Mumbai on which the scam-tainted Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society stands belonged to the Army. He also said the judicial commission, which has drawn a contrary conclusion, was not "a court". "Commission ko koi manyata nahi hai (The commission has no standing)...That had been appointed by the state, for its own information. So, we need not take its...
10:04 PM, Apr 30, 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
The judicial commission, in its report on Tuesday, said there was no evidence that the Adarsh Housing Society was built on defence land. ...
08:08 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: The judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam tabled its report in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday and, in a breather to the politicians facing the heat over the alleged scam, said there was no evidence to support the claim that the apartment was built on defence land or that it was reserved for Kargil War widows. The Defence Ministry has said it will challenge the report in...
05:44 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: The judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam will submit an interim report to the Maharashtra government on Friday. The report, which will be in a sealed cover, is expected to throw light on the issues of ownership and reservation of the plot of land in south Mumbai, on which the scam-tainted Adarsh Society stands. The contentious issues are whether the land belonged to the state or the...
03:28 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Mumbai: The heat is on three former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. It remains to be seen whether there will be more high-profile arrests. The CBI arrested senior IAS officer Jairaj Pathak and former State Information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari on Tuesday. They are likely to be questioned on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a special CBI court is likely decide on...
10:40 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested two senior government officials in connection with the Adarsh housing society scam. The two top bureaucrats " senior IAS officer Jairaj Phatak and Maharashtra's former information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari " were earlier detained for questioning by the investigating agency. Phatak is among the two serving IAS officers who were suspended for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam....
06:38 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Mumbai: Two top bureaucrats Jairaj Phatak and Ramanand Tiwari have been detained by the Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. They are the eighth and ninth accused to be detained in the Adarsh case. Phatak is among the two serving IAS officers who were suspended for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. In its status report submitted to the Bombay High Court,...
01:01 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The police custody of one of the accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, ends on Tuesday. He, however, will remain in CBI's custody till Friday. The CBI had arrested the former Congress MLC and three others for allegedly paying a tax consultant Rs 1.25 crore to influence CBI officials and to dilute the case against him. ...
09:53 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Mumbai: A special Court on Monday extended police custody of promoter of controversial Adarsh Housing Society, KL Gidwani, arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in the multi-crore housing scam, till March 27. Seeking Gidwani's custody, the CBI submitted that they have to identify the high and mighty persons in the Government of Maharashtra who had allegedly dealt with the Adarsh file and for whom flats were booked in...
06:48 PM, Mar 26, 2012
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