Palmolein Import 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.

• 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 ...