CBI plea for dropping Chavan's name in Adarsh scam rejected
January 18, 2014  13:03
In a setback to Maharashtra's former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, a special court today rejected the CBI's plea to drop his name from the list of accused in the Adarsh scam case.

"The CBI's plea stands rejected," CBI court judge S G Dighe said, dismissing the plea. The judge said even though Governor K Sankaranarayanan had rejected CBI's plea for sanction to prosecute Chavan, he could be tried under the Prevention of Corruption act as he has been accused of criminal misconduct.

The judge will pass a detailed order later in the day. In the course of arguments, Special Public Prosecutor Bharat Badami said the CBI would be "very happy" to prosecute the former Chief Minister but "our hands are tied".
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