Supreme Court Hearing Continues on Plea Against Withdrawal of Organized Crime, Money Laundering Charges Against Rabi Lamichhane

The hearing is set to continue today after the arguments on the writ petition against the withdrawal of the charges of organized crime and money laundering filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane in connection with cooperative fraud could not be concluded on Thursday.

The writ petition has been under hearing in the bench of Supreme Court Justices Binod Sharma and Abdul Aziz Muslim since Monday, kept under the 'Heard-in-progress' status. The Attorney General, Savita Bhandari, had directed the District Government Attorney's Offices to amend the cases of organized crime and money laundering, along with cooperative fraud, which are under consideration in various districts against Lamichhane.

Senior Advocate Dinesh Tripathi, law students Ayush Badal, and Yuvraj Paudel Safal filed the writ petition against the decision of the Attorney General's Office.

In the seven-page 'Comment and Order' endorsed by Attorney General Bhandari on Poush 30, a directive was issued to the District Government Attorney's Offices to proceed with the case against Lamichhane only for cooperative fraud and drop the other two serious charges.