Supreme Court Summons Documents Related to Prosecution's Decision on Ravi Lamichhane Case Amendment

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ordered the summoning of the directive issued for the amendment of the indictment against Ravi Lamichhane and related documents from the Office of the Attorney General.

A joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Sharanga Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel issued the order to retrieve the commentary order regarding the amendment of the case involving Lamichhane and others, based on a writ filed by senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, law students Ayush Badal, and Yuvraj Poudel challenging the decision of the Office of the Attorney General.

The court has requested a copy of the 'commentary order' mentioned in the written response of the District Government Attorney's Office, Rupandehi, which was not submitted by the Office of the Attorney General.

Previously, on 2082 Poush 30, an order was issued providing guidance for the amendment of the indictment to the subordinate District Government Attorney's Offices.

In that sequence, the written response from the District Government Attorney's Office, Rupandehi, mentions that on 2082 Magh 2, guidance was given to amend the charges related to money laundering and organized crime filed against all defendants in the pending case by 'correcting the error'.

However, since the copy of the 'commentary order' allegedly correcting the error on 2082 Magh 2 was not attached to the written response submitted by the Office of the Attorney General, the court has ordered the mandatory summoning of those documents and other related evidence.

The Supreme Court has directed that these documents be summoned and presented before a bench capable of hearing the case, excluding judges who recused themselves, on the scheduled hearing date of 2082 Chaitra 9, in accordance with the rules.