Habeas Corpus Filed in Supreme Court Demanding Release of Former PM KP Sharma Oli

Ratopati March 29, 2026

Habeas Corpus Filed in Supreme Court Demanding Release of Former PM KP Sharma Oli

Kathmandu. A habeas corpus petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding the release of former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

Oli's wife, Radhika Shakya, filed the habeas corpus petition on the grounds that he was illegally arrested and detained. According to Nirajan Pandey, the information officer for the Supreme Court, although the habeas corpus petition has been submitted, it is currently under review. If the petition is registered today, the hearing will take place tomorrow.

Former Prime Minister and UML Chairman Oli and former Home Minister and Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday, Chaitra 14, on charges of suppressing the Genji movement.

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