{
  "id": 15861465,
  "title": "Supreme Court sets aside Kerala HC order in CMRL payoff case, stays FIR probe for 7 days",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/supreme-court-sets-aside-kerala-hc-order-in-cmrl-payoff-case-stays",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:01:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sc-sets-aside-kerala-hc-order-in-cmrl-payoff-case-stays-fir-probe-for-7-days/article71606685.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court has overturned a Kerala High Court decision in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL)-Exalogic payoff case, halting the investigation into a First Information Report (FIR) against ex-Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and son-in-law P.A. Mohamed Riyas for seven days. Allegedly accused by the Single Judge of the Kerala High Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the trio's appeal against the FIR has been permitted. The Supreme Court, in a clarification, stated that it had not made any observations on the merits of the FIR or offered any opinion on the validity of the subsequent Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR).",
  "summary": "The Supreme Court clarified that it had made no observations on the merits of the FIR. It also refrained from expressing any opinion on the validity of a subsequent Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered against the petitioners",
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  "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."
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