Supreme Court to Resume Hearing on Plea Against Withdrawal of Organized Crime Charges Against Rabi Lamichhane

Kathmandu. The hearing on the writ petition challenging the withdrawal of the organized crime and money laundering charges filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane, alongside the cooperative fraud case, is scheduled to continue today.

Although listed for hearing on Monday before the Supreme Court bench of Justices Saranga Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel, the case was kept on the 'to-be-heard' list.

Attorney General Savita Bhandari had directed the District Government Attorney's Offices to amend the cooperative fraud, organized crime, and money laundering cases pending in various districts against Lamichhane.

Senior Advocate Dinesh Tripathi, law students Ayush Badal, and Yuvraj Poudel successfully filed a writ petition against that decision. The 7-page 'Comment and Order' signed by Attorney General Savita Bhandari on Poush 30 directed the District Government Attorney's Offices to proceed only with the cooperative fraud case against Lamichhane and drop the other two serious charges.