Shinde has benami flat in Adarsh Society, claims petition in Bombay HC
11 years, 8 months ago

Shinde has benami flat in Adarsh Society, claims petition in Bombay HC

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Pravin Wategaonkar, who has filed a public interest litigation alleging money-laundering by Adarsh’s members, and sought a probe by Enforcement Directorate alongside the CBI, on Friday filed the application targeting Shinde. Mumbai: A social activist on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking direction to the CBI that it should make Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde an accused in the Adarsh Society scam case, because he allegedly owns a benami flat in the controversial building. According to Wategaonkar, Shinde, as Maharashtra Chief Minister, handled Adarsh files, and has a benami flat in the plush 31-storey building in south Mumbai. Shinde suggested inclusion of Major N Khankhoje as a member of the Society, Wategaonkar says, adding that former MLC and member of the Society Kanhaiyalal Gidwani had corroborated this fact before the Adarsh inquiry commission.

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Adarsh probe: CBI records statements of Devyani, father
10 years, 9 months ago

Adarsh probe: CBI records statements of Devyani, father

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the multi-crore Adarsh society scam recorded the statements of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and her retired IAS officer father Uttam Khobragade in connection with the case. In the affidavit, Mr. Khobragade stated that while applying for a flat in Adarsh society his daughter was not an ‘owner’ of any other flat in Mumbai limits …

Benami flats in Adarsh were bought under SC/ST quotas: CBI
11 years ago

Benami flats in Adarsh were bought under SC/ST quotas: CBI

India TV News  

Mumbai: Many of the ‘benami' flats in the scam-tainted Adarsh Society here were purchased under the quotas for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and ‘weaker sections of the society', the CBI has said in its supplementary chargesheet. “In as many as 22 cases.flats are allotted to benami-dars under the SC/ST quota,” said the chargesheet, filed yesterday before the Special CBI Judge …

CBI clears former CM in Adarsh scam
11 years, 1 month ago

CBI clears former CM in Adarsh scam

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has given a clean chit to the former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, in the Adarsh scam, maintaining that there was no prosecutable evidence against him. The CBI said this in an affidavit filed in the Bombay High Court in response to an application to name Mr. Nilangekar as an accused in the scam. …

Adarsh scam: Shive Sena leader moves HC, names Gadkari aide
11 years, 1 month ago

Adarsh scam: Shive Sena leader moves HC, names Gadkari aide

Firstpost  

Interestingly, her petition mentions Abhay Sancheti, an alleged “close associate” of BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, named by the two-member judicial commission which probed the scam. Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe has approached the Bombay High Court seeking invocation of Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, Environment Act and Benami Transaction Act against the persons accused by CBI in the Adarsh …

No wrongdoing in Adarsh allotment: Shinde
11 years, 2 months ago

No wrongdoing in Adarsh allotment: Shinde

India TV News  

Mumbai: Rubbishing allegations of corruption in the allotment of flats in the Adarsh housing society, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said the charge was baseless. The land belongs to the state government and there was no reservation for Kargil,” Shinde told reporters here tonight.The senior Congress leader was speaking after unveiling a bust of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in suburban …

CBI clean chit for Jayant Patil in Adarsh scam
11 years, 5 months ago

CBI clean chit for Jayant Patil in Adarsh scam

The Hindu  

The CBI on Tuesday has given a clean chit to Maharashtra’s Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The agency stated this in an affidavit submitted before the Bombay High Court, in reply to an application made by social activist Pravin Wategaonkar seeking a CBI investigation against Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Mr. Patil for …

Adarsh scam: CBI gives clean chit to Sushilkumar Shinde
11 years, 6 months ago

Adarsh scam: CBI gives clean chit to Sushilkumar Shinde

India TV News  

Mumbai: The CBI on Thursday gave a clean chit to home minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The agency informed the Bombay HC that there is no evidence to suggest that Shinde during his tenure as Maharashtra chief minister abused his position as a public servant.This was stated by the probe agency in an affidavit filed by …

No evidence to implicate Shinde in Adarsh scam: CBI tells HC
11 years, 6 months ago

No evidence to implicate Shinde in Adarsh scam: CBI tells HC

India TV News  

Mumbai: Giving a clean chit to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the Adarsh scam, the CBI today told the Bombay High Court it has no evidence to suggest he abused his position as a public servant to secure membership of the controversial society for a person known to him. The agency also said it does not feel it "legally …

Adarsh scam: MoD opposes Ashok Chavan’s plea in HC
11 years, 11 months ago

Adarsh scam: MoD opposes Ashok Chavan’s plea in HC

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Defence on Friday filed an intervening application in the Bombay High Court opposing the petition filed by former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan seeking to quash the FIR lodged against him by CBI in the Adarsh housing society scam. In its application, the Ministry refuted Mr. Chavan’s argument that the CBI has no jurisdiction to probe the case …

Will expose owners holding benami flats in Adarsh: Digvijay
12 years, 5 months ago

Will expose owners holding benami flats in Adarsh: Digvijay

India TV News  

Indore, Oct 28: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said he would soon expose “real owners” who are allegedly holding benami flats in controversial Adarsh building. Adarsh, the 31-storey highrise in south Mumbai, became the centre of controversy following allegations that ineligible persons, including politicians and bureaucrats among others, had got membership to the society.“I will soon release names …

Deshmukh, Ajit Pawar, Rane Deny Backing Anyone For Adarsh Flat
14 years, 5 months ago

Deshmukh, Ajit Pawar, Rane Deny Backing Anyone For Adarsh Flat

India TV News  

Mumbai, Nov 1 : Amid reports that more leaders from Congress and NCP from Maharashtra could have links with the controversial Adarsh Housing Society, three ex-Maharashtra chief ministers and a NCP leader today claimed they had not recommended any case for membership. Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and present Revenue Minister Narayan Rane--both former CMs--and Maharashtra Water Resources minister Ajit Pawar, …

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