Supreme Court to Hear Habeas Corpus Petitions of KP Sharma Oli and Ramesh Lekhak

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the habeas corpus petitions filed by former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak today. Following the court's show-cause order and the submission of written responses from the opposing side, the hearing has been set for Sunday, Chaitra 22.

Both individuals were arrested by police on Chaitra 14, in accordance with the government's decision to implement the report submitted by the Gauri Bahadur Karki Commission, which was formed to investigate the Gen-Z protest incidents. Yashoda Lekhak, on behalf of Congress leader and former Home Minister Lekhak, and Radhika Shakya, on behalf of Oli, filed the petitions on Chaitra 15, following their arrests for investigation into the Gen-Z protest events of Bhadra 23 and 24.

The investigation commission had recommended legal action against them, holding them responsible for the suppression that occurred during the Gen-Z protests on Bhadra 23 and 24.