Kerala Superior Court | Photo credit: RK Nithin
The Superior Court of Kerala on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) ordered the status quo in the procedures in the final complaint recorded by the Office of Research of Serious Fraud (SFIO) against Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) in the case of payment.
Veena Thaikkandiyil, the daughter of Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is also accused in the case.
The court issued the order on a request for criminal review presented by CMRL, which indicated that the company was not heard before the special tok of the complaint and decided to issue notice.
Main lawyer Siddhartha Dave, instructed by M. Gopikrishnan Nambiar, the CMRL lawyer, said the Special Court ordered to issue a process to the company without prior notice, which is a mandatory requirement under the first Bharatiy Nagaraisha (BNSS).
The Sfio had filed the final complaint against the firm and some others under the Law of Companies, and the special judge issued the order that takes knowledge of the crime on April 11. THE PROVISIONS JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE OF JUDGE OF JUDGE TO JUDGE TO JUDGE JUDGE. Judge Judge Judge Judge Judge Judge Judge should be a special judge judge judge judge judge, knowledge of the complaint. However, the special judge had a hero that the provisions of the BNSS did not apply in the instantaneous case, on the basis that the complaint filed by the Sfio under the provisions of the Law of Companions was not a complaint and, therefore, the provisions of the BNS do not apply, Heded.
The firm’s lawyer said that the decision of the Special Court was wrong and contrary to the guidelines established by the Supreme Court and the Superior Courts.
The Special Court had listed Sasidharan Kartha, his son Saran Kartha, Veena Thaikkandiyil and his companies as accused in the case of payment. Veena Thaikkandiyil enlisted as the eleventh accused for allegedly receiving ₹ 2.73 million rupees of the company. Sasidharan Kartha was included as the accused in two cases for alleged fraudulent transactions of ₹ 182 million rupees in a case and a fraudulent payment of the commission of ₹ 13 million rupees for Ananda Panicker in another case.
The Special Court also provided a copy of the final complaint to the Compliance Directorate (ED) on a request from the Investigation Agency the other day.
The company also argued that the order approved by the special judge was “bad law and approved without due mental application.”
The Superior Court, which has also remained in the citation in the case, published the case to be considered after summer holidays.
Published – April 16, 2025 01:53 pm ist
