The Supreme Court on Monday (October 6) dismissed a petition filed by Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan seeking probe against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena with respect to the alleged Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) scam.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran refused to interfere with the Kerala High Court's judgment which dismissed the revision petitions challenging the Vigilance Court orders refusing to order probes into corruption allegations.

As soon as the matter was taken, CJI BR Gavai told Senior Advocate Guru Krishna Kumar , the petitioner's lawyer, "We have been consistently saying, fight your political battles before the electorate and not in the Court."

The senior counsel however argued that t

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