A single bench of Justices Sharma and Poudel is hearing the writ petition against Rabi Lamichhane’s decision to withdraw the case.

Kathmandu. The hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the decision of Attorney General Sabita Bhandari to amend the charge sheet filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party President and former home minister Rabi Lamichhane on money laundering and organised crime.

A division bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Shreekanta Poudel will hear the case.TAG_OPEN_p_11 Earlier, a single bench of Justice Abdul Aziz Muslim had sought a written response from the Office of the Attorney General. After receiving the written reply, the Supreme Court has fixed the hearing by fixing the hearing.

Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, law student Ayush Badal and Yubaraj Poudel Safal on Thursday filed a writ petition demanding annulment of the decision of the Attorney General.TAG_OPEN_p_10

The Attorney General had decided to amend the charge sheet in the cases filed at the district courts of Kaski, Kathmandu, Rupandehi and Parsa on January 15, 2002 so that the claims of organized crime and money laundering would not be maintained.TAG_OPEN_p_9

The writ petitioners have claimed that the decision was based on political vendetta, ignored the interests of the savers and was contrary to Section 116 of the Code of Civil Criminal Procedure.TAG_OPEN_p_8

{{TAG_OPEN_p_7} The writ states that exempting Nepal from serious economic crimes such as money laundering is likely to put Nepal on the blacklist of the International Financial Action Task Force and cause irreparable damage to the country.

Similarly, the amendment of the charge in the case of organized crime and money laundering will also affect the right of thousands of savers to get justice, the petition states.TAG_OPEN_p_6