Mumbai  : Refusing to transfer a plea filed by Adarsh Housing society challenging the demolition order passed against it to the National Green Tribunal, Bombay High Court  on Tuesday said environment violation cannot be dealt separately from other allegations against it.The 31-storey plush society in January had filed a plea seeking transfer of its petition, […]

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people charge sheeted by CBI today in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam. The 10,000-page CBI charge sheet was filed before the Registrar of a sessions court, nearly 18 months after the agency registered a case. The Adarsh scam had fuelled a political storm in Maharashtra […]

Mumbai: There is no end to the blame game over the Adarsh housing society scam. Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, who is being questioned by the two-member judicial committee, has blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the irregularities. Just days ago, Mr Deskhmukh appeared before the panel, headed by retired Justice JA Patil, and […]

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made its first arrest in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai. Earlier in January 2011, the CBI had registered an FIR against 14 people. The role of three former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde are under scrutiny. The arrest came after […]