Former IGP Om Bikram Rana's Pension Case Set for Supreme Court Hearing
Summary
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on former IGP Om Bikram Rana’s writ petition challenging the stoppage of his pension after a corruption conviction. The CIAA had directed the Pension Management Office to halt his pension in connection with the Sudan police logistics procurement scam.
Key Points
- The Supreme Court will hear the writ petition filed by former Nepal Police Inspector General Om Bikram Rana over his stopped pension.
- The CIAA ordered the Pension Management Office to stop Rana’s pension after a corruption finding in the Sudan police logistics procurement case.
- An earlier Supreme Court bench had issued an interim order preventing implementation of the CIAA’s pension-stoppage letter.
- Rana and other officials were previously convicted by the Special Court and Supreme Court in the same corruption case.