Kerala High Court stays judicial commission probe against ED
The Hindu
The court noted that the question of conspiracy in connection with the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case was to be examined by the Special Court supervising the investigation
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the functioning of the Justice V.K. Mohan Commission appointed by the State government to investigate whether there were any conspiracy or deliberate attempts to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other senior functionaries in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case. The interim order was passed by Justice P. B. Sureshkumar on a writ petition filed by P. Radhakrishnan, deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.