The JMM bribery case marathon

March 15, 2002
• Narasimha Rao, Buta Singh acquitted
• I am glad it is over: Narasimha Rao

Developments in the year 2001
May 18
• RBI refuses to accept JMM case money: PTI

May 11
• HC notice to Rao in JMM case

February 16
• SC upholds CBI case against JMM MPs on disproportionate assets

Developments in the year 2000

November 9
• Soren will stake claim for Jharkhand CM's post

November 8
• Delhi HC stays order against Rao, Buta

October 25
• HC admits Rao appeal in JMM case

October 23
• Rao files appeal against JMM conviction: PTI

October 18
• Delhi HC to hear Buta Singh's appeal on November 7

October 17
• Buta files appeal in JMM bribery case: PTI

October 14
• 'Corruption will always remain in politics'
• CBI registers fresh case against 3 JMM leaders

October 13
• 'I have done nothing wrong'
• Digvijay Singh comes out in support of Rao
• I have done nothing wrong: Buta Singh

October 12
• Rao, Buta get 3 years RI, and bail; CBI to file case against JMM ex-MPs
• Congress distances itself from Rao, Buta
• Verdict drew a rare smile from Rao
• Counsel in 'no hurry' to file appeal
• AP to delete lesson on Narasimha Rao: PTI
• ITBP guesthouse was all set to receive Rao
• Few friends for Rao now
• Sentence knocks smiles off Rao and Buta's faces

October 11
• Order on sentence for Rao, Buta on Thursday

October 10
• Tihar Jail braces for Narasimha Rao: AFP

October 9
• Rao to appeal after sentence is pronounced: PTI

September 30
• Senior Congress leaders call on Rao: PTI
• Interview: 'The judgment will reinforce confidence in the judiciary'
• Interview: 'The CBI did their best to save Rao'
• Special: 'The problems raised by Rao's case will not go away'
• I did no wrong. There was no money involved: Buta Singh

September 29
• Congress, BJP guarded in their reaction
• Sonia calls on Narasimha Rao
• 'The CBI sabotaged the case'
• Rao silent; Ajit Singh, Satish Sharma 'vindicated'
• Rao, Buta could get upto seven years in jail
• Narasimha Rao, Buta face jail terms
• Chronology of the JMM MPs' bribery case
• Rao gets into history books again
• JMM bribery case judgment on Sept 29
• JMM wants four Orissa districts to be merged with Jharkhand
• JMM-Soren likely to join Nitish Kumar's govt
• JMM-Soren expels Suraj Mandal

Developments in the year 1999
• JMM splits vertically, Soren 'expelled'
• JMM's moment of truth
• Mandal's supporters claim they are the 'real JMM'
• Mandal's expulsion will only revive JMM, says Soren
• JMM-RJD on collision course over Vananchal
• JMM-U wants new state before poll
• JMM faces crisis
• Bags, suitcases brought to JMM MP's house, says constable
• 6 former MPs acquitted in JMM case
• JMM-Soren will vote against Rabri Devi in assembly
• Videocon, Essar executives deny funding bribery of JMM MPs
• JMM chief charged with private secretary's murder
• CBI ordered to protect witness in JMM case
• CBI witness in JMM case alleges torture
• Three more prosecution witnesses turn hostile in JMM bribery case
• JMM registers third split

Developments in the year 1998
• SC rejects Centre's plea to review JMM payoff verdict
• Supreme Court to hear Centre's review plea in JMM pay-off case
• Rediff On The NeT: Fifth CBI witness in JMM bribery case turns hostile
• Court refuses to monitor CBI probe into murder of JMM leader's secretary
• The JMM MPs' bribery case
• JMM emerges stronger after merger
• JMM urges President to sack Rabri soon
• JMM withdraws support to Rabri
• Court order in JMM bribery case reserved till July 28
• Another CBI witness turns hostile in JMM bribery case
• JMM jumps on the Yadavs' RLM bandwagon, promises new era
• JMM strike hits life in south Bihar
• CBI claims good progress in the case of Shibu Soren's missing secretary
• I did for Vajpayee what I did for Rao in 1993, says Buta
• Vajpayee sacks Buta Singh
• Supreme Court rejects Buta's plea on JMM 'verdict leak' hearing
• SC seals Rao's fate in JMM bribery case
• JMM expels Mahato

And before that...
• Laloo says he will align with Congress, JMM
• Petition against Kesri dismissed
• CBI forced me to turn approver in the MPs bribery case: JMM leader
• Petition against Kesri admitted
• Kesri knew MPs were bribed: Mahato
• JMM bribery trial will not be stayed says Supreme Court
• An interview with Jharkhand leader Mukesh Baba
• Charges to be framed against Rao on Thursday
• CBI rapped for letting Kesri go scot-free
• Delhi high court directive on missing JMM leader's secretary
• Framing of charges against Rao adjourned
• Pay no attention to JMM leader's statement: Rao
• MPs cannot be prosecuted: Rao
• Prosecution in JMM bribery case illegal: Rao
• Rao pleads parliamentary immunity in JMM case
• HC issues notices to CBI, Rao on JMM case pleas
• Landmarks in Joginder Singh's tumultuous tenure
• The Buta Singh interview
• Delhi high court stays proceedings against Rao
• Rao moves high court to quash charges against him
• Court frames charges against Rao, 19 others in JMM MPs bribery case
• Court order in MPs' bribery case on May 6
• JMM case: Order on summoning Kesri after framing of charges
• No evidence against Kesri in JMM bribery case, says CBI
• Summon Kesri in MPs bribery case, seeks counsel
• Mahato drags Kesri into JMM MPs's bribery case
• Court still to decide on Mahato turning approver
• Mahato loses right to address court in MPs bribery case
• Rai verdict, bad omen for politicians being tried for corruption
• JMM MP turns approver in bribery case against Rao
• Strong case to try Narasimha Rao, says investigating agency
• Delhi court grants bail to Bhajan. Ajit, Yadav
• Delhi high court orders security for CBI team in JMM case
• JMM MP's secretary was abducted, CBI tells Delhi HC
• Income Tax Dept attaches properties of JMM leaders
• CBI ends probe into JMM case, files third chargesheet
• Rao,others get bail in JMM case
• JMM case: Orders on Rao's bail on Thursday
• JMM case: Bail for Rao, main accused

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• Commentary: Pritish Nandy says bribery is misunderstood
• Commentary: T V R Shenoy on CBI's love for Sitaram