The Supreme Court stayed the CMRL bribery investigation against Pinarayi Vijayan and his family for one week. The pause allows them to appeal while underscoring statutory limits on the Enforcement Directorate.

The Supreme Court stayed the CMRL bribery investigation against Pinarayi Vijayan and his family for one week. The interim relief enables them to challenge the single judge's order before a Kerala High Court division bench.

The Supreme Court clarified that the FIR would remain intact and that the Kerala High Court was free to independently consider the appeal and decide whether any further interim relief should be granted.

The Supreme Court clarified that the FIR would remain intact and that the Kerala High Court was free to independently consider the appeal and decide whether any further interim relief should be granted.

On October 9, a single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court directed the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FIR against Vijayan and others in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL)-Exalogic case.

On October 9, a single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court directed the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FIR against Vijayan and others in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL)-Exalogic case.