Palmolein case posted to November 19

Tuesday, October 25, 2011: A local court today posted the Palmolein import case to November 19 in view of the stay on its hearing passed by the Kerala High Court in a related case.
Vigilance court special judge P K Haneefa had on August 8 directed investigation into Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s alleged role as finance minister in the K Karunakaran cabinet when the deal was signed in 1992.
The High Court had stayed for a month the order in the case which took a new turn when the special judge recused himself alleging there was personal attack against him in the media. Haneefa had requested the High Court to transfer the case to some other court. A decision on this was also pending.
The interim stay was granted while admitting the petition filed by senior IAS officer Jiji Thomson, the fifth accused in the case.When the case came up today, the special vigilance court posted it to November 19.

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