Supreme Court to Hear Case Against Rabi Lamichhane Over Passport Misuse Allegations

Key Points

• The Supreme Court will hear the passport misuse case against Rabi Lamichhane before a joint bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Meghraj Pokharel.
• The writ petition was filed by Yubaraj Paudel challenging the Attorney General's office's decision not to prosecute Lamichhane.
• The Supreme Court had previously ordered the summoning of files and sought reasons from the Attorney General's Office for not prosecuting Lamichhane.
• Paudel demands prosecution citing violation of Section 5(b) of the Passport Act, 2024, and requests an interim order to bar Lamichhane from exercising political rights until the case is decided.