Supreme Court Schedules Eighth Hearing on Hetauda Road Expansion Dispute

Kathmandu. The hearing for the case related to the road expansion dispute in the Hetauda market area has been scheduled for the eighth time following the issuance of an interim order. The hearing is scheduled before the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Abdul Aziz Muslim.

Previously, this case had one instance where it was deemed not fit to be heard, five instances where it could not be heard, and one instance where an order was issued to summon the case file.

Former lawmaker and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Bindabasini Kansakar and five others had filed the writ petition. Following the initiation of the road expansion process by bodies including the Division Road Office Hetauda, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, and the District Administration Office Makwanpur, locals approached the Supreme Court on Mangsir 16 demanding compensation for property rights. The Supreme Court issued a short-term interim order on Mangsir 9 in the writ filed against the Department of Roads, the Ministry of Urban Development, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.

In this case, on Mangsir 26, the bench of Justice Meghraj Pokhrel issued a show-cause order in the name of the respondents and also provided a short-term interim order. On Mangsir 26, the bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Mahesh Sharma Paudel issued an order to 'summon the case file' along with other directives.