New Delhi, Apr 6 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the SNC-Lavalin graft case, in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged the discharge of the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, by two weeks.
A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Indira Banerjee while considering a batch of special leave petitions adjourned the hearing based on a letter circulated by one of the petitioners-- former power department joint secretary A Francis, who was acquitted in the SNC Lavalin case.
The special leave petitions including those filed by the CBI challenging the acquittal of the first accused K Mohana Chandran, former principal secretary of the electricity department who later became the KSEB chairman, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is the seventh accused, and eighth accused Francis.