A special CBI court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of seven accused in the Adarsh scam till April 30. The accused also include former Maharashtra IAS officers Ramanand Tiwari and Jairaj Pathak who applied for bail on Tuesday. The prosecution and the defence will have to submit their arguments on Wednesday, and the hearing on the bail applications will be held on April 19, on Thursday.
The other four accused, who also applied for bail, include suspended IAS officer Pradeep Vyas, retired Major Generals A.R. Kumar and T.K. Kaul, former deputy secretary in the urban development department P.V. Deshmukh. The accused had sought bail before the court on the grounds that the investigation has almost come to an end, and they should be granted bail on liberal grounds. However, retired Brigadier M.M. Wanchoo and retired defence estates officer R.C. Thakur have not applied for bail. Adarsh society promoter, Congressman K.L. Gidwani is likely to file his bail application on Wednesday.
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Army mulling appeal in SC
New Delhi, April 17: The Army is mulling filing an appeal in the Supreme Court against the report of the judicial commission on the Adarsh Society scam which said the land on which the multi-storeyed build stands belonged to Maharashtra government.
The Army is studying the interim report, sources said when asked whether it is planning to challenge the report in the apex court. — PTI