Liquor Licences Case

Kerala bribery case: tables turned on Cong MP New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister and Kerala Congress veteran Vayalar Ravi, responded to the charge that he was one of the recipients of alleged kickbacks in a case involving liquor licences in 1994. He said, "It is clear that the people of Kerala know Vayalar Ravi well and know what he will do and will not do."

Congress Member of Parliament K Sudhakaran had first made the allegation that a Supreme Court judge was paid off to overturn a High Court verdict.

The judge Justice SR Pandian denied the charge. But now a bar owner in Sudhakaran's constituency claims that it was the MP making the allegations who actually brokered the deal.

"Sudhakaran was in fact a mediator. The judge Pandian was given Rs 15 lakh and the deal happened in Delhi," said bar owner Jose Illikal....more    
09:37 AM, Feb 18, 2011