Setback for Ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Others as Kerala HC Denies Plea to Challenge Order in CMRL Case
The bench said the October 9 order did not bar the family from challenging the FIR through other legal remedies.
- On Thursday, the Kerala High Court rejected an appeal by former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena, and son-in-law Muhammed Riyas, upholding an October 9 order directing FIR registration in the alleged CMRL bribery case.
- Last month, the Enforcement Directorate recommended an FIR regarding alleged illegal payments from Kochi-based Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited to Veena's firm, Exalogic Solutions; the Congress-led government initially ordered a preliminary Crime Branch inquiry instead.
- In their appeals, Vijayan, Veena, and Riyas claimed the single judge did not hear them before issuing the October 9 directive. The Bench stated the order "has not affected the applicants' rights to pursue the constitutional statutory remedy against the registration of the FIR."
- Justices K. Natarajan and Johnson John dismissed all applications seeking leave to appeal the decision. The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has constituted Special Investigation Teams to handle the CMRL-Exalogic corruption cases.
- The court reserved its order on October 13, and a detailed judgment is awaited as the state proceeds with FIR registration in the corruption investigation.
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Kerala High Court Rejects Pinarayi Vijayan's Appeal In CMRL Bribery Case
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CMRL-Exalogic Case: Kerala HC rejects Pinarayi Vijayan’s appeal
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CMRL payoff case: Setback for Pinarayi Vijayan, kin as Kerala HC dismisses pleas to appeal against FIR order
In their appeals, Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and Mohamed Riyas claimed that they were not heard by the single judge before issuing October 9 direction to register FIR
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