Suresh Jain

Former Maharashtra housing minister and Shiv Sena leader Suresh Jain has been in various hospitals since March, when he was taken into judicial custody.

Judicial magistrate first class Swarup Bose on Wednesday directed former minister Suresh Jain to appear before the court on May 16 in a defamation case filed against him by social activist Anna Hazare.

Shiv Sena MLA Suresh Jain, the main accused in the Rs 169 crore housing scam, was admitted to the government-run St George hospital late on Saturday. Earlier that evening, Jain had been moved to Arthur Road jail from Jaslok Hospital.

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court (HC) on Monday rejected the bail applications of former minister and Jalgaon MLA Suresh Jain and two others, who are accused of their involvement in the multi-crore housing scam in the Jalgaon civic body in 1999.

MUMBAI: With state food and civil supplies minister Suresh Jain deciding to go on an indefinite huger strike at Azad Maidan from Saturday, the stage is set for a showdown on August 9, observed as the Martyrs Day across the nation.

PUNE: Justice P B Sawant issued summons to Suresh Jain, state minister for higher and technical education, directing him to appear before the Sawant commission on Tuesday.

A Jalgaon special court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of former minister Suresh Jain in the multi-crore rupees housing scam in the Jalgaon civic body in 1999.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) filed by former state minister Suresh Jain seeking bail in the Rs 169 crore Jalgaon housing scam.

Justice M T Joshi of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Monday rejected the bail application of former state housing minister Suresh Jain while directing the special judge, Jalgaon, to frame charges against him and others as expeditiously as possible.

Shiv Sena MLA and former minister Suresh Jain, arrested in 2012 in a Rs 110 crore housing fraud case of 1997, on Monday withdrew his bail plea before the Supreme Court.

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena leadership has chosen to ignore the exit of former minister Suresh Jain from the party in view of the statewide civic and gram panchayat elections.

A magisterial court in the city will frame charges against former minister Suresh Jain in a criminal defamation suit filed in 2003 by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra's minister for food and civil supplies Suresh Jain, who social activist Anna Hazare has accused of corruption, has offered to resign not only from the state cabinet, but also the assembly.

Social crusader Anna Hazare has said that by changing lawyers the state government will weaken its case against Suresh Jain, an erstwhile state minister who is an accused in the Rs 169-crore housing scam.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by former state housing minister Suresh Jain, seeking bail and quashing of criminal proceedings against him in the Jalgaon housing scam.

Former housing minister Suresh Jain will be taken to the Arthur Road jail on Thursday for a video conferencing with the Jalgaon trial court.

Judicial magistrate first class Swarup Bose on Monday directed former minister Suresh Jain to appear before the court on December 27 in a defamation case filed against him by social activist Anna Hazare.

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena leadership has chosen to remain unmoved by senior party functionary and former minister Suresh Jain's decision to quit the Sena.

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Friday dismissed three bail pleas filed by former state housing minister Suresh Jain.

The high walls of a prison will not cast their shadows on poll campaigning in Nashik.

JALGAON: Shiv Sena MLA from Jalgaon Suresh Jain has been unanimously re-elected as chairman of the Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank .

MUMBAI: ``If I have to get people's work done I will defect to ten different political parties. But I will not accept the gulamgiri (slavery) of a political party merely to cushion my interests. That is not my kind of politics ''. These brave words are from the strongman of Jalgaon, Suresh Jain.

In a letter sent to Borwankar on November 26, Hazare said that Jain was arrested in the housing scam on March 11, 2012, and his bail applications were rejected by the high court and even the Supreme Court.

Anna Hazare has alleged that MLA Suresh Jain, who was arrested in connection with the Jalgaon Housing scam, was getting "five-star" treatment.

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Suresh Jain, former housing minister and prime accused in the Rs 169 crore Jalgaon Municipal Corporation housing scam, but has allowed him to stay another three weeks in hospital.

The trial of former housing minister Suresh Jain has been withdrawn from Jalgaon Judge V K Dikshit and handed over to Judge N R Kshirsagar.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to former Maharashtra minister Suresh Jain, the main convict in the Rs 29-crore 'Gharkul' housing scam, on medical grounds.

In an attempt to assess his strength in the Maharashtra BJP, Gopinath Munde held consultations with his close supporters at his Worli residence on Tuesday, even as the party bigwigs launched efforts to pacify the star BJP rebel.

Passengers at the Pune railway station on Sunday were upset about how officials let the situation on platform number one spiral to the extent of a man losing his life trying to board the Pune-Danapur Express amid the rush on Saturday night.