Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Pinarayi Vijayan but did not have to make submissions after the bench declined interference.
Published Oct 06, 2025 | 1:33 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 06, 2025 | 1:33 PM
Kuzhalnadan alleged that CMRL entered into contracts with a company linked to Veena Vijayan and paid sums amounting to around Rs 1.72 crore. Credit: x.com/pinarayivijayan, iStock
Synopsis: The Supreme Court dismissed Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan’s petition seeking a probe into alleged corruption involving Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter’s firm, linked to ₹1.72 crore transactions with CMRL. Upholding prior court decisions, the bench advised fighting political battles at the polls, closing legal avenues for investigation.
Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan suffered a huge setback as the Supreme Court, on 6 October, Monday, dismissed his revision petition challenging the decision of the Kerala High Court refusing to order probe into alleged corruption involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter T Veena Vijayan.
The graft allegation pertains to transactions with Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL).
The bench, presided by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, declined to disturb concurrent findings of the Vigilance Court and the Kerala High Court, which had earlier refused to order investigations.
At one point, when the matter was argued, CJI Gavai told senior advocate Guru Krishna Kumar, for the petitioner, “We have been consistently saying, fight your political battles before the electorate and not in the Court.”
Kuzhalnadan alleged that CMRL entered into contracts with a company linked to Veena Vijayan and paid sums amounting to around ₹1.72 crore.
He claimed monthly transfers of ₹5 lakh to Veena and ₹3 lakh to her firm, Exalogic Solutions, under the head of IT and marketing consultancy, and pointed to proceedings before the Income Tax Settlement Board where CMRL is said to have conceded that “no services were rendered”.
The petition followed pleas, including one by the late RTI activist Girish Babu, that the high court dismissed in March.
Later the high court observed, “unnecessary corruption investigation into a public servant may cause a blemish on is career or reputation.”
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Pinarayi Vijayan but did not have to make submissions after the bench declined interference.
With the Supreme Court’s dismissal, the legal avenue for ordering a probe in this matter has been closed, preserving the vigilance and high court decisions.
(With inputs from Dileep V Kumar. Edited by Amit Vasudev)
