P. Ubaid, J.

1. "Palmolein" is still live in the socio-political field in Kerala and has been under judicial process for about two decades. What lead to the so called Palmolein case, which is still under prosecution process, is a decision taken by the Government in power in October 1991 to import some quantity of Palmolein from Singapore to meet the urgent requirements of the people in the State of Kerala in connection with some festival. The irregularities, illegalities and improprieties involved in the said government decision and the consequent import of Palmolein were detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General in 1996, and a vigilance probe was ordered in March 1997. Thus commenced in 1997, undergone various contentious pre- trial proceedings at different levels in different courts; from the trial level to the apex level, the Palmolein prosecution strived to reach the natural culmination by a fair and impartial trial process, but the prosecution process is still midway. At different stages of the prosecution one or the other party, or the interveners who intruded in the prosecution process as representatives of the people took up the matter before this Court or the Hon