In a notable ruling on Tuesday, the Kerala Excessive Court docket mandated the dispatch of notifications to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter, Veena Vijayan, in response to a petition lodged by Congress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan, leveling accusations of corruption.
Regardless of objections raised by the Director Common of Prosecution, subsequent to deliberations from each ends, the court docket decreed the dispatch of notifications to CM Vijayan and Veena, scheduling a follow-up session for July 2.
Throughout court docket proceedings, the Director Common of Prosecution reiterated that Kuzhalnadan’s petition lacked the inclusion of the federal government as a celebration. He had beforehand indicated to the court docket his consciousness of the underlying motives behind the petition. The federal government contends that the right procedural channels have been disregarded within the submitting of the petition.
Initiating a revision petition with the Kerala Excessive Court docket, Mathew Kuzhalnadan sought to annul the vigilance court docket’s determination to dismiss the investigation towards the Chief Minister and others.
Kuzhalnadan argued that the vigilance court docket’s dismissal occurred with no thorough examination of the proof he meticulously supplied, emphasizing that the accusations towards the Chief Minister shouldn’t be discounted as politically motivated. The petition additionally urged a reconsideration of the grievance.
The Excessive Court docket has postponed additional deliberation on the petition. Earlier, the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court docket had rejected Kuzhalnadan’s plea for an investigation into Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena, CMRL, and Exalogic, citing an absence of substantiated proof to help the allegations.