2G spectrum scam

The 2G spectrum scam involved allegations of

underpricing of 2G spectrum Telecom Ministry of India, resulting in loss to the exchequer and
illegal manipulation of the spectrum allocation process to favour a few select companies

According to a report submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General based on money collected from 3G licenses, the loss to the exchequer due to underpricing of 2G spectrum was 176,379 crore (US$39.16 billion).

The issuing of the 2G licenses occurred in 2008, but the scam came to public notice when the Supreme Court of India took Subramaniam Swamy's complaints on record

Civil Servants, Politicians and Corporations Involved in scam

All the accused have been booked under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 109 (abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment) of the Indian Penal Code.

Politicans, Ministers and Parlimentarians involved

Name of the Person involved	Occupation and Designation	Allegation and Charges
A. Raja	Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology	The Controller and Auditor General holds Raja personally responsible for the sale of 2G spectrum at 2001 rates in 2008, resulting the previously mentioned loss of up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crores (US$40 billion) to the national exchequer. In August, 2010, evidence was submitted by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) showing that Raja had personally signed and approved the majority of the questionable allocations.
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi	Member of Rajya Sabha	On April 25, 2011 Kanimozhi was named as a co-conspirator in the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2G spectrum case. The chargesheet, which was submitted before the Supreme Court establishes how Rs 200 crore connected with the scam traveled from a partnership firm of businessman Shahid Balwa of Swan Telecom to the Karunanidhi family-owned Kalaignar TV.^[2] She has been charged with section 7 and 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The sections deal with acceptance of alleged gratification.^[5]

Bureaucrats involved

Name of the Person involved	Occupation and Designation	Allegation and Charges
Siddhartha Behura	Civil Servant (IAS officer of 1973 batch UP cadre)	He was the Telecom secretary who served in the DOT at the time of the 2G allocation.
P. J. Thomas	Civil Servant (IAS officer of 1973 batch Kerala cadre).	He was the Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications. On September 7, 2010 he was appointed as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Thomas later stepped down after the Supreme Court questioned his track record as a civil servant in the wake of investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Pradip Baijal	Civil Servant (IAS officer of 1966 batch MP cadre).	He is alleged to have recommended policies that favored certain Telecom companies when he was heading the TRAI. Post retirement, Baijal joined Noesis, a consulting firm. Raja has made references to Baijal's decisions in 2003 as the basis for his decisions in 2008; something which has been attacked by Arun Shourie and several media pundits. The houses and offices of the bureaucrat were recentlyraided by the Central Bureau of Investigation as part of their investigations.
R K Chandolia	Civil Servant (IES officer of 1984 batch cadre).	He was private secretary of Raja during UPA-I when the licences were awarded. When Raja became the Telecom Minister once again in UPA-II, Chandolia had been promoted to the Joint Secretary rank. Raja re-designated him Economic Adviser, that gave him the charge of all important policy-related work. Chandolia interacted with all the licensees. It is said that it was Chandolia who, from DDG-access services A K Srivastava's room, had handed out letters of intent to representatives of various companies.

Corporations involved

Unitech Group a real estate company entering the telecom industry with its 2G bid; sold 60% of its company stake at huge profit to Telenor after buying licensing (Including land values properties for towers)
Swan Telecom sold 45% of its company stake at huge profit to Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) after buying licensing
Loop Mobile
Videocon Telecommunications Limited
S Tel
Reliance Communications
Sistema Shyam Mobile (MTS) – Sistema Mobile Russia
Vodafone Essar
Dishnet Wireless
Allianz Infra

Corporate personalities involved

Anil Ambani - Reliance Group (ADAG)
Shahid Balwa - DB Realty and Etisalat DB Telecom(formerly Swan Telecom)
Vinod Goenka - Dynamix Group
Venugopal Dhoot - Videocon Group
Prashant Ruia - Essar Group
Ratan Naval Tata - Tata Group

All of them have either been questioned by the CBI or are prospective suspects in the scam.

Media persons and lobbyists involved

Nira Radia, a former airline entrepreneur turned corporate lobbyist whose conversations with politicians and corporate entities were recorded by the government authorities. The contents were later leaked by unknown parties creating the Nira Radia tapes controversy
Barkha Dutt, an NDTV journalist alleged to have lobbied for A. Raja's appointment as minister.
Vir Sanghvi, a Hindustan Times editor alleged to have edited articles to reduce blame in the Nira Radia tapes.

2010 Commonwealth Games Scandal

The Commonwealth Games is surrounded by allegations of substantial amount of corruption. The Central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing the alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore.

The government then sacked Kalmadi and OC secretary-general Lalit Bhanot last year to enable the probe agencies to carry out a free and fair investigation

Politicans, Ministers and Parlimentarians involved

Name of the Person involved	Occupation and Designation	Allegation and Charges
Suresh Kalmadi	Member of Parliament for Pune	On April 25, 2011 after being questioned over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2009, CBI arrested Kalmadi under Sections 120 B and 420 (criminal conspiracy and cheating) of the Indian Penal Code in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring Equipment scam.^[3]

Adarsh Housing Society Scam

The Adarsh Housing Society is a cooperative society in the city of Mumbai in India. It was reserved for the war widows and veterans of the Kargil War.

Corruption allegations

In 2010, the Indian media brought to public the violations of rules at various phases of construction in the Adarsh Society. Questions were raised on the manner in which apartments in the building were allocated to bureaucrats, politicians and army personnel who had nothing to do with Kargil War and the way in which clearances were obtained for the construction of the building of the Adarsh Society. The Adarsh society high-rise was constructed in the posh Colaba locality of Mumbai, which is considered a sensitive coastal area by the Indian Defence forces and houses various Indian Defense establishments.The society is also alleged to have violated the Indian environment ministry rules.Many activists like Medha Patkar had been trying to uncover this scam since a long time.The exposure of the infamous nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and builders in this scam is said to be only the tip of the iceberg. It had led to resignation of the then Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan.

Flat owners

Shri RC Thakur
Brigadier MM Wanchu
Commander Rajiv Pilo
Commander AS Balakrishnan
Surg Capt PS Tampi
Shri Parmanand K Hinduja
Shri Sudhakar Laxman Madke
Smt Sushila Shaligram
Admiral Madhvendra Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Shri JM Abhyankar
Shri PV Deshmukh (Was secretary in Urban Development department)
Shri Gajanan S Koli
Shri Amol V Kharbhari
Shri Kiran Bhadange
Shri Kanhaiyalal Gidwani (Congress MLC)
Shri Kailash K Gidwani (Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)
Shri Amit K Gidwani (Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)
Shri Arun P Pawar
Major Ashish Tandon
Lieutenant Commander A Puran Kumar
Major General VS Yadav
Lieutenant General PK Rampal
Colonel Amarjeet Singh
Lieutenant Colonel PH Ram
Brigadier AC Chopra
Lieutenant Colonel RK Singh
Commander John Mathew
Major General Tej Kishen Kaul, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Lieutenant General GS Sihota
Brigadier MD Singh
Commodore Gopal Bharati
Brigadier Romeshchander Sharma
Lieutenant General Shantanu Choudhry
Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh
Brigadier Tara Kant Sinha
Captain AP Singh
Lieutenant Commander Chunnilal
Shri Rajesh Shantilal Bora
Dr Arun V Dawle
Shri Sampat R Khidse
Shri Anand S Bharose
Smt Seema Vyas (wife of former collector Pradeep Vyas)
Shri Kanishka J Phatak (son of former Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak)
Miss Supriya V Maske
Shri Shriniwas D Patil
Shri Shivajirao C Deshmukh
Shri Shah Dhaval Rajesh
Ms Kavita S Godbole (related to Cong MLC Gidwani)
Commander Harbhajan Singh (Retired)
Shri Malav J Shah
Shri Rajesh Kumar Das
Shri Aditya B Patil
Ms Sumeela Sethi
Shri Chandrashekar R Gaikwad
Shri Shivajirao Shankar Kale
Shri Krishnarao D Bhegade
Dr Sanjay Radkar
Shri Arun S Adate
Shri Jitendra S Awhad (NCP MLC)
Miss Soniya S Kholapure
Shri Vishwas B Chougale
Shri Raghunath M Bhosale
Shri Suresh Prabhu (Shiv Sena)
Shri Uttam Ghakare
Major NW Khankhoje
Shri Nivruti G Bhosale
Shri Amar Singh Waghmare
Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh, VSM
Shri Krishnajirao Rakhmajirao Desai (alias) Babasaheb Kupekar (Former Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly)
Shri Ranjit Chintamani Sangitrao (son of bureaucrat)
Devyani Khobragade (daughter of former BEST GM Uttam Khobragade)
Lieutenant Commander Gurumukh S Grewal
Smt Seema Vinod Sharma (Relative of Ashok Chavan)
Shri Jagdish Ambika Prasad Sharma
Shri Sajjan Singh Yadav
Shri Kedari Vishal Kishore
General Nirmal Chander Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
General Deepak Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC
Smt Idzes Angmo Kundan (former city collector, currently working in Secretariat)
Shri Onkar Tiwari (son of Ramanand Tiwari, then secretary of Urban Development Department)
Shri Balasahib Yeshwantrao Sawant
Shri Sadusing Fulsing Rajput
Mr Mukundrao Govindrao Mankar
Mr Sanjoy Shankaran (son of former Chief Secretary D K Sankaran)
Mr Paramveer Abhey Sancheti
Mr Suresh Gulabrao Atram
Ms Sheetal Vinod Ganju
Mr Anil Kumar Thakur
Mr Bhavesh Ambalal Patel
Mrs Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma (Ashok Chavan's late mother-in-law)
Mr Madanlal Milkiram Sharma (Ashok Chavan's relative)
Mr Satyasandha Vinayak Barve
Major General Ram Kanwar Hooda
Mr Dhondiram Ganpati Waghmare
Colonel KJS Khurana
Ms Raorane Rupali Harishchandra
Shri Siddhartha Sonu Gamre
Shri Girish Pravinchandra Mehta
Shri Manilal K Thakur
Petty Officer Sushil Chand Sharma
Shri S B Chavan
Captain Praveen Kumar
Dr (Mrs) Archana Tiwari

Murder of Jessica Lall

Jessica Lall (1965–1999) was a model in New Delhi, who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead on 29 April 1999.Dozens of witnesses pointed to Siddharth Vashisht, a.k.a. Manu Sharma, the son of Venod Sharma, a wealthy Congress politician in Haryana, as the murderer.

In the ensuing trial, Manu Sharma and a number of others were acquitted on 21 February 2006.

Following intense media and public pressure, the prosecution appealed and the Delhi High Court conducted proceedings on a fast track with daily hearings over 25 days. The lower court judgment was found faulty in law, and Manu Sharma was found guilty of having murdered Jessica Lall. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 20 December 2006.

Satyam scandal

The Satyam Computer Services scandal was publicly announced on 7 January 2009, when Chairman Ramalinga Raju confessed that Satyam's accounts had been falsified.

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