SC stays probe against Vijayan & kin for a week to enable him to move high court

Referring to Section 175(4) of BNSS, which requires a report from the public servant’s superior officer before ordering an investigation into a complaint against the public servant for acts done in discharge of official duties, the bench said, “The single judge not only directed registration of FIR, which is the mandate in SC ruling in Vijay Madanlal case, but ordered commencement of investigation and submission of final report.”