Adarsh Land Scam

• Adarsh scam: Defence Minister AK Antony backs CBI investigation

  Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday asserted that the land in the city on which the controversial Adarsh Society stands belongs to the Defence ministry.

• Adarsh case adjourned: Bombay High Court asks for ownership details of plot

  The Adarsh case will now be heard by the Bombay High Court on August 3. The court today asked Adarsh society to file its reply to an application filed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday. In that application the MoD stated that the disputed land was in possession of the Indian Army and it has been illegally occupied by the Maharashtra govern...

• Adarsh case: Former Army officer says the land does not belong to Defence Ministry

  In what could a setback for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Adarsh Society case, Retired Lt General GS Sihota has told the commission probing the scam that the land in question does not belong to the MoD. Former Defence personnel are deposing before the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society scam. Retired Lieutenant General GS Sihota is th...

• Adarsh probe: Vilasrao Deshmukh blames Ashok Chavan for land allotment

  On the second day of his deposition before a panel probing the Adarsh scam, Union Minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said that the land was allotted to the housing society only after getting a go-ahead from the Revenue department, practically pinning the blame on his successor Ashok Chavan who headed the departme...

• Vilasrao Deshmukh appears before Adarsh panel

  Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has appeared before the two-member judicial commission probing the Adarsh Society scam. When Mr Deshmukh was Chief Minister, a Letter Of Intent was issued for the project; land was earmarked for it by reducing a public road and building rights from an adj...

• 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...

• Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report

  In a huge relief to the Maharashtra government, the judicial commission of inquiry looking into the Adarsh housing scam has held that the land on which Adarsh Housing Society stands belongs to the government, and not the Army.

• Adarsh scam probe: High Court slams CBI

  The Special Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be present in the Bombay High Court today to update the court on the investigations in the tainted Adarsh society land scam.

• Srinagar airfield on 'sale', CBI orders probe

  In what seems to be a reminder of the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai, a shocking case of fraudulent sale of Defence land has come to light - this time in the highly-sensitive area of Srinagar. NDTV has exclusively accessed documents that reveal how land at the high-security Srinagar airfield has been on sale for the last four years.

• Adarsh scam: Court slams CBI over lack of FIR

  Pulling up the CBI for the tardy pace of its probe into the Adarsh Society scam, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the investigating agency to expeditiously conclude the investigation and take a final decision on registration of an FIR within two weeks.The court also ordered issuing of summons to the regional Joint Director of CBI to appear...