THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Lokayukta will consider the review petition filed by the complainant RS Sasikumar against the split verdict in the CM's relief fund misuse case on Tuesday. The petition will be considered by a bench consisting of Lokayukta Justice Cyriac Joseph and Upa Lokayukta Justice Harun al-Rashid. In his petition, the petitioner demanded that the judgment of the two-member bench, which left the case to the full bench, should be reconsidered.

The Lokayukta issued the split verdict on whether the Lokayukta had jurisdiction to consider the relief fund misuse case. Following this, the case was referred to the full bench. However, in 2019, a bench headed by Lokayukta Justice Pius Kuriakose had ordered that it has jurisdiction to consider the case after hearing detailed arguments. RS Sasikumar filed a review petition against the split verdict referring to this order. The case is once again coming before the Lokayukta while controversy has erupted over the participation of the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta at the Chief Minister's Iftar party.