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 on Sunday.

The petitions have been assigned to a joint bench comprising Justices Binod Sharma and Sunil Kumar Pokharel.

The hearing was scheduled following the submission of written responses from the opposing side in compliance with the Supreme Court's previous show-cause order. 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 incidents related to the Gen-Z movement.

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 movement incidents that occurred on Bhadra 23 and 24.

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