India, Oct. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed, for seven days, the investigation into an FIR against former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T and son-in-law Muhammed Riyaz in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case, and allowed them to appeal before a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court against the order directing the FIR's registration.

A vacation bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana set aside the Division Bench's October 15 order, which had refused Vijayan, Veena T and Riyaz leave to appeal a single bench's direction to register the FIR. The bench held they could be treated as aggrieved parties since the single judge had found that the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) information disclosed a cogni...