In a week of reprieves for the Congress party, the Bombay high court today rejected the Maharashtra governor’s sanction to prosecute Ashok Chavan, the former Congress chief minister of Maharashtra, in the Adarsh scam case.
This could well lead to an acquittal for Chavan, who had to step down on account of his alleged involvement in the scam. This gives a major boost to the Congress in graft-related allegations. Just yesterday, those accused in the 2G spectrum case were acquitted by a CBI court. And the week in general, began well for the Congress, with its better-than-expected showing in the Gujarat Assembly polls.
Chavan had earlier petitioned in the Bombay HC against the governor’s sanction.
In April 2016, the then Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao gave his okay, or sanction, to prosecute Chavan for cheating and criminal conspiracy in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society case. In April 2016, the then Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao gave his okay, or sanction, to prosecute Chavan for cheating and criminal conspiracy in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society case. An earlier governor, K Shankarnarayanan, had in 2013, declined sanction to prosecute Chavan.