Considering a plea by the Kerala government, seeking to quash an FIR filed by the CBI, naming the project for alleged violation of FCRA, Justice V G Arun granted two months stay on the CBI investigation against “Life Mission”.
However it allowed the central agency to continue its probe initiated against a private construction firm in connection with the case.
The Court granted the partial stay considering the Life Mission’s argument that the CBI’s inquiry into alleged FCRA violation cannot be maintained.
The CBI had filed an FIR in a Kochi court under Section 120 B of the IPC and Section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 on a complaint by Wadakkanchery Congress MLA Anil Akkara, listing Santosh Eappen, Managing Director of Unitac Builder, Kochi, as the first accused and…
