{
  "id": 13430283,
  "title": "Vigilance to file FIR against Pinarayi, others in CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case: Keralam Home Minister Chennithala",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/vigilance-to-file-fir-against-pinarayi-others-in-cmrl-exalogic-pay",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T14:04:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vigilance-to-file-fir-against-pinarayi-others-in-cmrl-exalogic-pay-off-case-keralam-home-minister-chennithala/article71568247.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Home Minister of Kerala, Ramesh Chennithala, has announced that the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) will register a first information report (FIR) against Pinarayi Vijayan, the Leader of the Opposition in the Keralam Assembly, along with others in the CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case. This decision comes following a directive from the Kerala High Court. Chennithala emphasized that the government would respect the court's order and not appeal against it. He also noted that the government's initial request for a preliminary inquiry was based on legal advice, but the court has ruled that such an inquiry was unnecessary. The High Court's verdict has refuted the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]'s claim that the case would not stand in any court.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Kerala HC order against former CM Pinarayi Vijayan and others raises a larger question of natural justice, say legal experts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/kerala-hc-order-against-former-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-and-others-raises",
        "published": "2026-10-10T01:25:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}