Supreme Court Schedules Hearing on Withdrawal of Charges Against Rabi Lamichhane in Cooperative Fraud Case

Key Points

• The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on the writ petition against the withdrawal of the charge sheet filed against Rabi Lamichhane in organized crime and money laundering cases alongside the cooperative fraud case.
• The hearing was postponed today by the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Saranga Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel and rescheduled for tomorrow.
• The writ petition was filed by Senior Advocate Dinesh Tripathi and law students Ayush Badal and Yuvraj Poudel against Attorney General Savita Bhandari's decision to amend the cases.
• Attorney General Savita Bhandari directed District Government Attorney's Offices to proceed only with the cooperative fraud case and drop the organized crime and money laundering cases against Lamichhane.