Court hearing against Prachanda's case has started

KATHMANDU, June 13: The court hearing on the writ petition filed against Prachanda, Baburam and others has started. The hearing started in the bench of Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla on Tuesday.

The hearing has started on the petition filed by former child soldier Lenin Bista demanding justice against the CPN-Maoist leaders for the use of child soldiers during the armed revolution.

The case was filed against Prime Minister Prachanda, Ex-Prime Minister Bhattarai, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, National Human Rights Commission by Ex-soldier and Ex-Chairman of People's Liberation Army Lenin Bista, the founding coordinator of the Ex-People's Liberation Army Krishna Prasad Dangal and others.

They filed a writ claiming that they were used as child soldiers during the armed revolution by the former CPN Maoists and demanded an interim order to be identified as child soldiers and demanded justice and compensation for the injustice done to them.