ED case linked to Siddique Kappan: SC dismisses plea seeking transfer of trial to Kerala

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition seeking a transfer of trial to Kerala, in the money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan and six others. 

The court was considering the plea submitted by the first accused and Campus Front of India (CFI) former general secretary Rauf Shareef.  

The petitioner in the plea pointed out that the trial from Lucknow Court should be shifted to Kerala Court as the first case over the matter was registered in Kerala and witnesses are from the state itself. However, ED argued that the alleged activities pertaining to money laundering happened in Uttar Pradesh. 

The ruling is of a bench comprising justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mittal.