NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will consider the SNC Lavalin case involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today. The case has been listed as number 110. The plea is considered by a bench comprising justices Suryakant and K V Viswanathan. The case was on the list for final hearing, but the court adjourned it without considering it yesterday.

The case was listed in the Supreme Court several times, but each time the case was adjourned. The case has also been adjourned based on the request of the CBI itself at various stages. The was last heard on February 6 this year.

The Supreme Court is considering the CBI's appeal against the high court's acquittal of Pinarayi Vijayan, who was the power minister in the E K Nayanar government in 1996, former secretary of the energy department, K Mohana Chandran and former joint secretary A Francis. The high court acquitted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in 2017.

Along with this, the plea seeking relaxation of the former financial adviser of the electricity board K G Rajasekaran Nair, former chairman of the board R Sivadasan and former chief engineer Kasthuriranga Iyer, who were ruled by the court to face trial, is also being considered. The case against Pinarayi is that during his tenure as the state power minister in 1996 in the Nayanar cabinet, the KSEB suffered a loss of Rs 86.25 crore as a result of the contract with Canada-based company SNC Lavalin for the renovation and modernisation of Pallivasal, Sengulam, and Panniar hydroelectric projects in Idukki.