{"id":8179,"date":"2011-01-11T17:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=8179"},"modified":"2011-01-11T17:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:26:34","slug":"cvc-thomas-to-face-trial-in-palm-oil-corruption-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cvc-thomas-to-face-trial-in-palm-oil-corruption-case","title":{"rendered":"CVC Thomas to face trial in palm oil corruption case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CVC-Thomas.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cvc-thomas-to-face-trial-in-palm-oil-corruption-case\/cvc-thomas\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/CVC-Thomas.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"CVC Thomas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;CVC Thomas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/CVC-Thomas.bmp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/CVC-Thomas.bmp\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8180\" title=\"CVC Thomas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CVC-Thomas.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The decks were cleared after the Supreme Court said former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran&#8217;s appeal against the trial in the case was infructuous following his death.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was Kerala civil supplies secretary in 1992 when the scam took place. Karunakaran was also facing trial in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The palm oil case was registered in 1999, accusing Thomas and others of a criminal conspiracy and causing a loss of Rs.2.32 crore to the state exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>They were accused of importing 15,000 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia at an inflated price for distribution through the fair price shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. 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