Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 ( IANS) Senior CPI(M) Politburo member and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday after central agency sleuths arrived at his Thiruvananthapuram residence in connection with the high-profile CMRL-Exalogic monthly payment case.The ED has already recorded the statement of Vijayan’s daughter, Veena Vijayan, whose IT firm, Exalogic Solutions, is at the centre of the controversy.While Pinarayi …
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Kochi, May 26 (IANS) In a major setback to expelled Congress councillor M.A. Prashob, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to grant him anticipatory bail in a rape case involving allegations of sexual exploitation of a Dalit woman on the promise of employment and lifelong support.Justice A. Badharudeen upheld the earlier order of the Special SC/ST Court, which had rejected the former councillor’s plea for pre-arrest bail after finding that a prima facie case existed against him.The case, r…
Kochi, May 26 (IANS) In a significant development in the controversial CMRL financial transactions case that had rocked Kerala politics during the tenure of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation into Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited ( CMRL), dealing a major setback to the company and its officials.Justice T.R. Ravi dismissed a batch of petitions filed by the company and four of its senior official…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) In a landmark verdict in the Attappadi Madhu lynching case that once shook the conscience of the country, the Kerala High Court on Monday enhanced the punishment of 12 convicted men to life imprisonment, holding them guilty of the brutal mob lynching of the tribal youth in Attappady in 2018.A Division Bench comprising Justices V. Raja Vijayaraghavan and K.V. Jayakumar enhanced the seven-year jail term earlier imposed by the Mannarkkad Special SC/ST Court to life…
Kochi, May 18 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday granted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged misappropriation of gold from the Sabarimala temple two more weeks to complete its investigation, after taking note of the extensive scientific examination still underway in the case.The decision came hours after the new Congress-led UDF government assumed office, and they had used this scam as one of the biggest points during the Assembly poll campaign.The extension was granted …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) A day after the CPI-M-led Left suffered its worst-ever electoral drubbing in Kerala, K. M. Abraham, widely regarded as a trusted aide of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, signalling the first major administrative fallout of the verdict.Abraham, a 1982 batch IAS officer who retired as Chief Secretary in 2017, had continued to wield significant influence in the state’s administ…
Kochi, April 28 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu case over widespread violence reported during a statewide shutdown called by Dalit organisations in protest against the death of BDS student Nithin Raj.A division bench of Justices Basant Balaji and P. Krishna Kumar took note of reports indicating at least 27 cases registered across the state and sought a response from the police chief.By afternoon, 91 persons had been arrested in connection with clashes, road blockades…
Kochi, April 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against 5 accused, including a company, in connection with a ‘Digital Arrest’ case, an agency statement said on Tuesday.The people accused, in the charge sheet filed on Saturday, are C.S.Saleeshkumar, Blessin Jacob Abraham, Mohammed Junaid Hussain, and Mohammad Mushtaque, while the company is JCSS Capital International Pvt Ltd.Three of the charge-sheeted accused are currently in judicial custody.This ca…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) A statewide shutdown protest, demanding justice in the death of Nithin Raj, a student of Azhikode Dental College in Kannur, disrupted normal life across Kerala on Tuesday, triggering traffic chaos, isolated clashes, and renewed criticism of the state’s entrenched shutdown culture.The hartal, which began at 6 a.m., was organised by the ‘Justice for Nithin Raj Action Council’ along with Dalit and Adivasi organisations.Nithin Raj died by suicide after jumping f…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the parents-in-law and sister-in-law of a woman in a dowry harassment and bigamy case, holding that vague and general allegations without specific acts cannot justify prosecution under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and A.G. Masih set aside a Kerala High Court order which had refused to quash proceedings arising out of an FIR registered in 2016 at the Museum Police Statio…