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NEW DELHI: Lavalin case to come before the Supreme Court for the 30th time today. The case is being considered by a bench comprising justices Suryakant, Dipankar Dutta and Ujjal Bhuyan. Although the case was listed on October 10, it was not considered due to the length of arguments in some other cases. An appeal filed by the CBI challenging the High Court acquittal of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Energy Secretary K Mohanachandran and former Joint Secretary A Francis is before the Supreme Court. Former KSEB officials R Sivadas, Kasthuriranga Iyer and KG Rajasekaran have also filed a petition seeking their removal from the accused list. The case has been pending before the Supreme Court since 2017.