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A governor's parting letter: Arlekar asked the President to sack Kerala's entire PSC days before leaving
Days before he moved to Tamil Nadu, former Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar recommended to President Droupadi Murmu that PSC chairperson M R Baiju and the commission's members be removed. The opposition calls the move illegal under Articles 316 and 317; the BJP backs it. The assembly reconvenes on Monday.
Relief for Pinarayi and family as high court freezes the vigilance FIR in CMRL case
A Kerala High Court division bench on Monday stayed the single judge's order directing an FIR against former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T and son-in-law P A Mohamed Riyas, and put the VACB's FIRs and investigation on hold. The Enforcement Directorate's separate money-laundering probe is untouched.
Supreme Court relief for Pinarayi Vijayan: CMRL probe stayed 7 days, FIR order set aside
The Supreme Court set aside a Kerala High Court division bench order that denied Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and son-in-law P.A. Mohamed Riyas leave to appeal against a single judge's direction to register an FIR. The Bench stayed the investigation for seven days. It made no observations on the merits of the FIR or on a later ECIR.
Vijayan's CMRL plea in Supreme Court as ED summons him for Oct 23
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's plea challenging a Kerala High Court order directing an FIR against him in the CMRL-Exalogic case. His daughter Veena T and son-in-law Muhammed Riyas have also approached the court. The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Vijayan for questioning on October 23.
ED calls Pinarayi on October 23, and Kerala's ruling Congress finds the case pointing back at itself
The ED has summoned former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Kochi on October 23 in the CMRL-Exalogic case. The CPI(M) calls it a political vendetta, while within the Congress questions are being raised about its own government's delay in filing an FIR.
Supreme Court to hear Vijayan's plea and YSRCP's Andhra poll complaint on Oct 21
A special Supreme Court Bench will hear two pleas on Wednesday: one by former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the alleged CMRL case, and another by the YSRCP alleging that violence in Andhra Pradesh stopped its candidates from filing nominations for local body polls.