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What is the SNC-Lavalin case?

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The SNC-Lavalin case involved allegations of irregularities in a contract awarded by the Kerala State Electricity Board to Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin during Pinarayi Vijayan’s tenure as minister for power and cooperation (1996–98). The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s domestic crime investigation agency, named Vijayan among the accused in 2009. He was discharged by a CBI special court in 2013, and the High Court of Kerala upheld the discharge in 2017.