KATHMANDU, March 19: The Supreme Court (SC) hearing on the petitions challenging the amendment of the corruption and organized crime case against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairman Rabi Lamichhane has concluded.
A division bench of Justices Sharanga Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel concluded the hearing on Thursday after senior advocates Dinesh Tripathi and Tikaram Bhattarai presented the petitioner’s arguments.
Hearing on case against cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane today
Three separate petitions were filed in the SC against Attorney General Sabita Bhandari Baral’s decision to amend the case. The amendment had instructed district public prosecutors in Kathmandu, Kaski, Parsa, and Rupandehi to proceed only with the cooperative fraud charge, removing organized crime and asset laundering allegations, which sparked the legal dispute.
On January 14, Attorney General Bhandari had directed the relevant district public prosecutors to pursue the cooperative fraud case exclusively against Lamichhane.
