Adarsh Housing Scam

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  Ashok Chavan Gets Relief In Adarsh Housing Scam Case: The Story So Far

  Ashok Chavan, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, will not be prosecuted in the Adarsh housing scam case in Mumbai, the High Court said.

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  Adarsh Issue Politically Used By Others, Says Ashok Chavan After Court Relief

  Ashok Chavan, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, will not be prosecuted in the Adarsh housing scam in Mumbai, the High Court said today, setting aside the governor's sanction to act against the Congress leader. This is the second setback in two days for the CBI, which was yesterday told by a special court that it had failed to prove the "2G scam...

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  Ashok Chavan To Be Prosecuted, But Congress Says Adarsh Scam 'A Myth'

  Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday gave his sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing scam.

• Adarsh probe: Milind Deora disagrees with Maharashtra government's rejection of report

  Union Minister Milind Deora today disagreed with Maharashtra government's rejection of the judicial commission of inquiry report on Adarsh Housing scam which indicted several politicians, including three former Chief Ministers for "blatant violations".

• Not necessary to name Sushil Kumar Shinde as accused in Adarsh scam: CBI to Bombay High Court

  The Central Bureau of Investigation today told the Bombay High court that the agency does not feel it is legally necessary to name Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

• Adarsh Housing scam commission submits its final report

  Two years after it was set up, the two-member commission, which inquired into the Adarsh Housing Society scam, submitted its final report to Maharashtra government today.

• Adarsh housing scam: Court grants bail to seven accused

  A special court on Tuesday granted bail to seven of the accused in the Adarsh housing scam. All the accused had earlier sought bail on the ground that the investigating agency had not filed a chargesheet even after two months of their arrest. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims it has 30 more days to act.

• Hand over Adarsh land: Defence Ministry to Maharashtra government

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government claiming the ownership of the land on which the Adarsh Housing Society is built. According to the notice, the land was taken by fraud, connivance between politicians, bureaucrats and defence officials, and that the Maharashtra government is illegally denying property to t...

• Ashok Chavan to depose before Adarsh panel on June 30

  In a U-turn, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today told the two-member inquiry commission probing the Adarsh housing society scam he is ready to appear before it on June 30.

• Four arrests made in Adarsh scam: Top ten facts

  Four people, including a former Congressman, a government official, and a retired Army Brigadier, have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam.

• Govt official, retired Army Brigadier arrested in Adarsh Housing scam

  Three people including a government official and a retired Army Brigadier were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam. PV Deshmukh, former deputy secretary of the urban development department, was arrested. He is the first government official to be arrested in the scam.

• Adarsh scam: Maharashtra Governor suspends Ramanand Tiwari

  Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has suspended state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari, who is one of the tainted former bureaucrats in the Adarsh housing society scam.This is perhaps only the second time in India that a state Information Commissioner has been suspended.Tiwari was under pressure from the state government to quit as In...

• Court slams Maharashtra government on Adarsh

  The Bombay High Court has come down heavily on the Maharashtra government asking why no FIR was filed in the Adarsh scam and no action was taken against any government official?The court said there was clear-cut manipulation by the Collectorate, Revenue Ministry and Urban Development Department and the state government went out of its way to pleas...

• Adarsh housing scam: Army orders probe against serving Major General

  The Army has instituted a Court of Inquiry (COI) against Major General R K Hooda in the Adarsh housing society scam. Hooda wil face the COI under the Army Act since he is a serving officer. (Watch: Army chief promises action in Adarsh Scam case)Hooda had been approved for the next rank, but will now be attached at the Army's Southern Command headqu...

• Adarsh scam: RTI commissioner blocked query?

  The Right To Information or RTI is one tool meant to nail the corrupt. But what if a person in position within the RTI is involved in the Adrash Society scam? A Pune-based RTI activist has alleged that Maharashtra Information Commissioner, Ramanand Tiwary, stonewalled information on assets of his son, who owns a flats in the Adarsh Housing Society....