SC pauses CMRL-Exalogic probe for a week, asks Kerala HC to hear Pinarayi Vijayan's appeal

Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold for a week the investigation into alleged irregularities in financial transactions between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) and Exalogic Solutions Private Limited, enabling former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others to pursue their appeal before a division bench of the Kerala High Court against a single-judge order directing registration of an FIR and consequent investigation. A bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana declined at this stage to interfere with the registration of the FIR itself, but expressed concern that the…