{
 "no": 68,
 "id": "case-68",
 "sk": 20101109,
 "year": 2010,
 "date": "Nov 2010; commission report Apr 2013",
 "cat": "Public money",
 "sev": "red",
 "title": "Adarsh. Flats raised for war widows, taken by the people in office",
 "stamp": "Four chief ministers indicted. Report rejected.",
 "human": {
  "v": "Housing intended for war widows and defence personnel, allotted instead to politicians, bureaucrats and officers",
  "est": false
 },
 "cost": {
  "v": "Prime Colaba land and <b>25</b> allotments found illegal, <b>22</b> of them made through proxies",
  "est": false
 },
 "what": "A 31-storey building in Colaba, Mumbai, raised on the stated purpose of housing war widows and defence personnel, was found to have been allotted largely to serving and retired politicians, civil servants and military officers at prices far below the market. Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigned in November 2010 after reports that relatives held flats.",
 "dodge": "A two-member judicial commission under a retired High Court judge took evidence from 182 witnesses over two years and indicted four former chief ministers. The Maharashtra government then rejected its own commission's report. Prosecutions stalled on sanction and procedure, and the political findings were never acted on.",
 "ministers": [
  {
   "n": "Ashok Chavan",
   "r": "Maharashtra Chief Minister (Congress); resigned Nov 2010"
  },
  {
   "n": "Vilasrao Deshmukh",
   "r": "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister; indicted by the commission"
  },
  {
   "n": "Sushilkumar Shinde",
   "r": "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister; indicted by the commission"
  }
 ],
 "pos": "Those named denied wrongdoing and challenged the commission's findings; the state government said the report's conclusions were not sustainable in law.",
 "alleg": "The commission's indictments are findings of an inquiry, <em>not criminal convictions</em>. Several of those named were later granted relief by the courts.",
 "alt": "A government that accepts the report of the commission it appointed, and sanction to prosecute decided on the record rather than withheld indefinitely.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Moneylife: what the Adarsh probe panel report says",
   "url": "https://www.moneylife.in/article/adarsh-housing-scam-here-is-what-the-probe-panel-report-says/35841.html",
   "tier": 2
  },
  {
   "label": "Deccan Herald: Maharashtra rejects Adarsh scam report",
   "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/content/375860/mrashtra-rejects-adarsh-scam-report.html",
   "tier": 2
  }
 ],
 "resignations": [
  {
   "n": "Ashok Chavan",
   "office": "Maharashtra Chief Minister",
   "when": "Nov 2010",
   "year": 2010,
   "level": "state",
   "party": "Indian National Congress"
  }
 ],
 "caseUrl": "https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-68/"
}