CMRL payoff case: Setback for Pinarayi Vijayan, kin as Kerala HC dismisses pleas to appeal against FIR order
In their appeals, Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and Mohamed Riyas claimed that they were not heard by the single judge before issuing October 9 direction to register FIR
Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his relatives experienced a setback on Thursday (October 15, 2026) when the Kerala High Court dismissed their appeals to file appeals against a single judge's order to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. A Bench of Justices K. Natarajan and Johnson John denied the applications filed by Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and her husband, former Minister P.A.
Mohamed Riyas, to appeal the October 9 order. The court maintained that the October 9 decision did not infringe upon the applicants' rights to pursue a constitutional and statutory remedy against the registration of the FIR. The applicants argued that they were not given an opportunity to be heard by the single judge before the issuance of the direction to lodge the FIR.
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