The Kerala High Court orders the registration of a first information report (FIR) against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his relatives in connection with allegations related to a CMRL bribery case. The court’s direction requires the police to proceed with an FIR rather than limit the matter to an earlier stage of scrutiny.
The outlets report that the dispute in the case centers on whether material in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) report is enough to trigger an FIR or whether police must conduct a preliminary inquiry first. According to coverage, the court accepts arguments from a petitioner/advocate that police should register an FIR based on the ED report instead of conducting a preliminary inquiry on the allegations.
While details beyond the court’s order are limited across the reports, the common thread is that the court directs formal criminal process to begin on the allegations, and that the ED report plays a key role in the court’s reasoning on procedural requirements for registering an FIR.
