Supreme Court Orders Full Hearing on Hetauda Road Expansion Dispute

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ordered that the case related to the Hetauda market area road expansion dispute be presented for a full hearing.

A joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Abdul Aziz Muslim issued the order for the case to be presented for a full hearing and granted it priority status.

Former lawmaker Bindabasini Kansakar and five others had filed the writ petition.

After the Division Road Office Hetauda, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, District Administration Office Makwanpur, and other bodies initiated the process of road expansion, the locals approached the Supreme Court on Mangsir 16 demanding property rights and compensation.

The Supreme Court had issued a short-term interim order on Mangsir 9 in the writ filed, naming the Department of Roads, the Ministry of Urban Development, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport as respondents.

On Mangsir 26, the bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel scheduled the case and issued a show-cause order in the name of the respondents, along with 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.