Ten months after reserving the case for orders, the Kerala High Court will have to take a re-look at the plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged Travancore Titanium corruption case with the passing away of Oommen Chandy, the first respondent in the case.
S. Jayan, a trade union leader and a former employee of the company, had moved the court seeking a CBI probe into the alleged ₹256-crore pollution mitigating project, which reportedly turned out to be technically and economically unviable. Oommen Chandy was the then Chief Minister.
With Chandy’s death, the proceedings involving him will stand abated. However, the court will consider the complaints against the other respondents. The prosecution will have to file a memo in the court on the death of Chandy, judicial sources said.
