Kochi, Oct. 15 -- The Kerala High Court on Thursday rejected the appeals filed by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T. and son-in-law P.A. Mohammed Riyas challenging a Single Bench order directing the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) to register an FIR in the CMRL-Exalogic case.
The Division Bench of Justices K. Natarajan and Johnson John declined to grant them leave to appeal against the October 9 judgment, which had directed the registration of a case based on material provided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) concerning alleged financial transactions between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) and Exalogic Solutions, a company associated with Veena.
The petitioners had argued that the Single Ben...