Ashok Chavan
In a relief to former chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Bombay high court on Thursday stayed the trial court proceedings against him in the Adarsh housing case. However Justice Sadhana Jadhav stated that the trial against the other 12 people chargesheeted by the CBI would continue. The order came in a revision petition filed by [...] Continue Reading »
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now moved the Bombay high court for the same relief, Two months after the sessions court threw out its plea to drop charges against former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. There was not much evidence against Chavan though initially while seeking sanction it [...] Continue Reading »
The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet against 13 accused people in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, including the former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan, the former MLC, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, senior retired Army officials and bureaucrats and a former employee of the Defence Ministry. Charge sheet has also been filed against senior bureaucrats [...] Continue Reading »
The former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, on Saturday passed the blame to Union Science and Technology Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, for granting permission to the Adarsh housing society. Mr. Chavan said that Mr. Deshmukh, the then Chief Minister, had allotted the government land, regardless of the land valuation. He also blamed Finance Department suspecting [...] Continue Reading »
