The Kerala High Court has observed that the Vigilance Manual is not a statute and was not enacted by the legislature. Thus, it held that mere non-compliance with the Vigilance Manual's directions for investigating officers would not vitiate an investigation. Justice K Babu stated that there was no prejudice caused to the petitioner due to non-compliance with Vigilance Manual directions. …
The Kerala High Court directed the Central Government to order the CBI to investigate the corruption allegations involving high officials of Titanium Company for entrusting its pollution abatement cum capacity expansion project involving above 256 crore rupees to M/s.Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants Limited. The high officials of the Titanium Company were alleged to be involved in corruption, illegal acts and …
