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The Kerala High Court has directed Biju K., the authorities caput successful complaint of the Cashew Development department, to comply with its bid to reconsider granting authorisation for the CBI to prosecute the accused successful alleged cashew import scam. The tribunal has acceptable July 2 arsenic the deadline for compliance.
A probe was initiated to analyse the relation of R. Chandrasekharan and P.A. Ratheesh, the erstwhile chairperson and managing manager of the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation, respectively, successful the alleged misappropriation of ₹600 crore successful earthy cashew imports betwixt 2006 and 2015.
Mr. Biju is to beryllium impleaded successful the contempt of tribunal petition successful transportation with the alleged scam. If helium fails to comply with the court’s direction, enactment volition beryllium initiated against him, the tribunal said connected Friday (June 19).
A Single Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen connected Friday expressed “extreme displeasure” astatine the Principal Secretary of the Industries department, A.P.M. Mohammad Hanish, for not appearing earlier the court, adjacent though his entreaty against an bid directing his quality earlier the Division Bench had been dismissed.
Mr. Hanish submitted that helium could not permission the superior metropolis owed to the presumption of the Kerala Revised Budget 2026–27. The tribunal accepted the submission and directed him to look connected June 22, informing that “coercive steps” would beryllium initiated to unafraid his beingness if helium fails to bash so.
The contempt petition was filed by Kadakampall Manoj of Kollam, aft the State, done the Industries Secretary, allegedly refused authorisation connected 3 occasions for a CBI prosecution successful alleged irregularities successful cashew imports.
