The High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on a petition by a former KSEB Engineer against the Thiruvananthapuram CBI special court order discharging former CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and six others from the SNC Lavalin corruption case.
The petitioner, K.R. Unnithan, contended that the order of the special court was illegal. The CBI court while discharging the accused had held that the CBI could not prove that any of the accused gained “pecuniary advantage” while awarding the contract to SNC Lavalin, a Canadian firm. The CBI case was that Mr. Vijayan, while serving as Electricity Minister, had hatched a criminal conspiracy to award the supply contract for the renovation of Pallivasal, Sengulam, and Panniar projects to SNC Lavalin at an exorbitant cost.
