{"id":15920,"date":"2012-01-04T15:32:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=15920"},"modified":"2012-01-04T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T10:06:01","slug":"palmolein-scam-supreme-court-rejects-plea-against-oommen-chandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/palmolein-scam-supreme-court-rejects-plea-against-oommen-chandy","title":{"rendered":"Palmolein Scam : Supreme Court rejects plea against Oommen Chandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/palmolein-scam-supreme-court-rejects-plea-against-oommen-chandy\/supreme-court-152\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15921\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/palmolein-scam-supreme-court-rejects-plea-against-oommen-chandy\/supreme-court-152\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?fit=217%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"217,232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Supreme Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?fit=140%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?fit=217%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15921\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?resize=217%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?w=217&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Supreme-Court.jpg?resize=140%2C150&amp;ssl=1 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition praying for summoning of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as an accused in the palmolein scam case.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam dismissed the petition when it was mentioned for urgent hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas were also accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings abated against Karunakaran following his death and Mr Thomas who is facing trial in the case, was removed from his post by the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>According to the petitioner, Mr Chandy was also a Minister in the Karunakaran government when the fraud took place in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>A total loss of Rs 2.08 crore was caused to the state exchequer in the scam involving the import of palmolein.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition praying for summoning of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as an accused in the palmolein scam case. 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