Kochi, Oct. 26 -- The Kerala High Court on Monday stayed a single-bench order directing registration of criminal cases against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and son-in-law and MLA P.A. Mohamed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic case, granting interim relief to the three.
A Division Bench comprising Justices K. Natarajan and Johnson John admitted four appeals challenging the single judge's ruling and ordered that further investigation based on the FIRs registered by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) be kept in abeyance until further orders.
The court posted the appeals for final hearing after three weeks and directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the state Vigilance department to file their resp...