The BJP then moved the Bombay High Court which is when the government orally assured they would do so in the winter session. But it was deliberately kept for the last day on Friday Dec 20,2013. When the session began, the Opposition staged a walkout demanding a discussion.
The Judicial Commission on the Adarsh Housing Society Scam has summed up its report.
The report said Former chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan and other bureaucrats gave permissions and clearances and it was a quid pro quo.
It named Former chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan's three relatives and found them ineligible along with 25 other members of 102.
The report also said Adarsh enjoyed the political patronage of Late Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Chavan, Sunil Tatkare and Rajesh Tope
The commission also found that 22 'benami' transactions took place and the society never sought any environmental clearances.
It also named 12 bureaucrats and said they had violated service conduct rules.
The Report says that Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested in the US for alleged visa fraud, is among 25 illegal beneficiaries in the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai
Note
The Adarsh Society scam broke in 2010 when it emerged that on a prime plot in South Mumbai, an illegal 104-apartment society had come up in which key Defence personnel, bureaucrats, and politicians owned flats. It later emerged these men had colluded to grab a Defence plot and got it an illegal environmental clearance. It also got other concessions by claiming Kargil War heroes and widows were part of the society.
Former chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan had stepped down as Chief Minister in November 2010 after allegations against him surfaced in the scam. He was later chargesheeted by the CBI. But since Chavan is a former chief minister, CBI required the Governor's permission to prosecute him
In its 10,000-page chargesheet filed before the Registrar of a sessions court in July 2012, the CBI had named the former Chief Minister and 12 others
CBI alleges that as the Revenue Minister, Mr Chavan recommended the allotment of 40 per cent of flats to civilians in what was supposed to be a society for Kargil War widows and Defence personnel.
In a major relief for former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Thursday Dec 19,2013 refused the CBI permission to prosecute him in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The governor has however not stated any reason for his decision so far.
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