The Kerala High Court has allowed the petition to remove Tenny Joppan, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s personal assistant, from the solar financial fraud case.

Mr. Joppan had moved the High Court in an appeal to quash the entire charge and proceedings pending against him for offences under the Indian Penal Code, including criminal breach of trust, cheating, impersonation and fraud. 

The court noted that an amicable settlement had been reached between the complainant, Mallelil Sreedharan Nair, and Mr. Joppan. Reportedly, the settlement was reached as Mr. Nair did not want to continue with the dispute due to personal reasons.

Mr. Nair had alleged that Saritha S Nair and her associates had duped him of lakhs of rupees, promising a solar business partnership. Ms. Nair, the prime accused in the solar scam of 2013 and her former partner Biju Radhakrishnan, had allegedly cheated investors in a solar power company they had proposed. They allegedly persuaded investors by showing off their connections with the office of Chandy.