Kerala High Court to hear Vijayan’s case Wednesday

June 24th, 2009 KOCHI - The Kerala High Court Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a narco analysis test on a nun and two other women employees of the Saint Pius Convent where Sister Abhaya was found dead 17 years ago. The three women had approached the high court and filed a petition after their plea of not being subject to the narco analysis test was turned down by the court of the chief judicial magistrate here.

June 1st, 2009 Court won't hear appeal from man convicted of rapeWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't hear the latest appeal from a man convicted in the rape and killing of a 15-year-old Kansas City girl. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michael A.

May 6th, 2009 KOCHI - The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has called for a state-wide shutdown in Kerala Thursday to protest what it claims are government's attempt to protect Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. Vijayan has been accused of wrongly awarding contracts to Canadian company SNC Lavalin for renovation of two hydro-power projects 12 years ago when he was the state's power minister.

May 4th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), will hold a crucial cabinet meeting Wednesday to decide if it should prosecute state CPI-M secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. The ruling party's state secretariat may want Kerala Chief Minister V.S.

May 2nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Leader of Opposition in Kerala assembly Oommen Chandy Saturday asked Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to overlook the state advocate general's opinion and give a nod to prosecute Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin corruption case.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna's ongoing bid to adopt a Malawian girl will be heard by the country's top judge May 4. The singer is appealing against a high court judge's April 3 ruling, which rejected her request for the adoption of three-year-old Mercy James, reported femalefirst.com.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday decided it will hear in May a lawsuit that alleges delay in sanction by the Kerala government to prosecute former state power minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. The aex court had initially declined to hear the public interest lawsuit and dismissed it.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday decided it will hear in May a lawsuit that alleges delay in sanction by the Kerala government to prosecute former state power minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a corruption case. The aex court had initially declined to hear the public interest lawsuit and dismissed it.

April 8th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Sonia Gandhi's whirlwind election campaign tour to Kerala, where she touched down at four places Wednesday, lashing out at the Left government in the state, drew huge crowds. Gandhi arrived in Kozhikode Tuesday night and her first stop Wednesday morning was at Vadakara in north Kerala.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday appointed five chief justices of high courts across the country. 'The president is pleased to appoint Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad of the Patna High Court as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,' said a statement by the ministry of law and justice here.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is in a fix with former Kerala vigilance director Upendra Varma, who initially investigated the SNC-Lavalin scam, saying that he had not given anyone, including CPI-M state party secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, a clean chit. Vijayan was state electricity minister when the SNC-Lavalin scam broke out 12 years ago.

February 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Wednesday sought legal opinion on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking the governor's sanction to prosecute Pinarayi Vijayan, a ruling party leader and former minister, for a scam. The government has sought the opinion from Advocate General C.P.

February 1st, 2009 KOCHI - Differences within the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the main party in Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front, surfaced once again when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday said he would not participate in a statewide march led by fellow Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan.

January 20th, 2009 KOCHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finalised charges in a 12-year-old graft case in Kerala involving a senior leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state. The chargesheet accuses a former minister and 10 others, including some officials, of receiving kickbacks for allotting a contract to a Canadian firm in 1997, according to a CBI official Wednesday.

January 20th, 2009 KOCHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finalised a chargesheet in a 12-year-old graft case in Kerala involving a senior leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state. The chargesheet accuses former minister and CPI-M state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and 10 others, including some officials, of receiving kickbacks for allotting a contract to a Canadian firm in 1997.