Palmolein Case

• Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy gets relief from Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition that asked for Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to be made an accused in a corruption case related to the import of palmolein oil in 1991.

• Palmolein case: Court orders probe into Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's role

  In a setback to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a special court in Thiruvananthapuram has asked the prosecution to probe his role in the Palmolein import scam of 1992.

• Pradeep Kumar sworn in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner

  Central Vigilance Commissioner, CVC, Palmolein case, PJ Thomas, Pradeep Kumar

• PJ Thomas seeks stay on new CVC's appointment

  Former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas has appealed to President Pratibha Patil to wait for the outcome of his plea in court before the new CVC is appointed. In March this year, the Supreme Court declared that appointment of Thomas as India's CVC was invalid. Yesterday, Thomas filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court saying new the ...

• Kerala court allows further probe into palmolein case

  In a decision fraught with political significance, the Vigilance Court has allowed a plea from prosecution to further investigate the palmolein import graft case.The prosecution, in a petition filed earlier this month, had sought court direction for further probe into the case contending that some more persons were likely to become accused in the c...

• Who is PJ Thomas?

  Polayil Joseph Thomas, 60, has been in the eye of an unseemly storm for the last five months - a corruption case from years ago and an embarrassing question mark on his integrity came back to haunt him and the government that appointed him as the top man to look into corruption.  Ever since he was appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)...

• HM's statement on Thomas an afterthought: Swaraj

  Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today termed as an "after thought" Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he had not misled the CVC selection panel and his contention that the BJP leader was making "thoughtless allegations". "I have seen that (Chidambaram's) statement. I have to only say that if he knew the case was pendi...

• PJ Thomas refuses to quit as CVC, say sources

  PJ Thomas hasn't agreed to do the government the favour it desperately awaits. Sources say he has refused to quit as the country' s Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).The CVC cannot be dismissed, he has to be impeached by Parliament. So, the government is now hoping that the Supreme Court will nudge Mr Thomas out of office by rejecting his appointm...

• Setback for PJ Thomas: Court decides Palmolein case will go on

  In a setback for Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas the Supreme Court made it clear that the trial in the multicrore Palmolein import scam will go on.The trial had been stayed in the year 2007 based on a petition by former Kerala Chief Minister K Karunakaran as he wanted the charges against him quashed.But the Court today took note of the fac...

• More trouble for CVC Thomas as Kerala govt moves court

  Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas may be in for more trouble with the Kerala government moving the Supreme Court to lift its stay on proceedings against Thomas in the Palmolein case. This comes on a day when Thomas called for both punitive and preventive measures to tackle corruption."You know we have been concentrating on the public ...

• CVC Thomas still an accused: Vigilance Court

  He may have got a clean chit from the Centre in the 2G scam, but a corruption case has returned to haunt the newly appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner, PJ Thomas.Documents available with NDTV show that the charges against Thomas and seven other accused in the case still stands, though the proceedings in the case have been stayed by the Supreme...