Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 27 -- The Kerala high court on Monday stayed the FIR and further investigation by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T and son-in-law, CPI(M) MLA PA Mohammed Riyas, in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) monthly payoffs case. A division bench of Justices K Natarajan and Johnson John passed the interim order while hearing appeals against an earlier single-judge ruling directing registration of a corruption case and a Vigilance probe. The Supreme Court had earlier stayed the FIR for a week, allowing Vijayan and the others to approach the High Court again. "All four appeals are hereby admitted. Consequently, the judgment of the single judge of this court under challenge is stayed until the next date of hearing. Further investigation on the FIR is kept in abeyance until further orders," the high court said. Vijayan said he had faith in the country's justice system.htc...