Kochi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others to seek permission from a division bench of the High Court of Kerala to file an appeal against a single bench order directing the Vigilance to book Pinarayi and others in bribery and other cases.Staying for seven days the Vigilance probe against them based on the criminal charges made by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against them, a division bench of the Apex Court observed that the Division bench order of High Court of Kerala should hear their petitions, LiveLaw.in reported.The Apex court directed Pinarayi and others to resubmit their petitions challenging two FIRs registered by the Vigilance Department against Pinarayi, daughter Veena T and her husband Muhammed Riyaz in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. The Supreme Court has set aside the Division Bench’s order which refused to hear their version on the allegations made by the ED. The ED accused Pinarayi Vijayan of getting ₹3.28 crore bribe from rare earth mining firm CMRL through her daughter’s IT firm Exalogic. The ED accused Pinarayi’s son-in-law and Former Minister P A Mohamed Riyas, MLA, of amassing illicit funds and transferring money abroad via hawala channels with the help of associates.
SC’s interim relief for Pinarayi
