Show Cause Order Over UML Chair and Lekhak’s Arrest

The Supreme Court has issued a show cause order in the writ petition filed calling for the release of CPN (UML) Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from detention.

Oli was detained from his residence on Saturday, after the newly elected government decided to implement the report of the inquiry commission formed to investigate the September 8 and 9 protests and subsequent incidents.

A single bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel today asked the defendant in the case to submit a written response, along with the grounds and reasons, through the Attorney General’s Office within three days from the date of receipt of the order.

The apex court has also asked the respondents to present the investigation file, including the Karki Commission’s investigation report to the bench on the day of the hearing. Chairman Oli’s wife Radhika Shakya had filed a writ petition, demanding his release from detention.

Similarly, the SC has sought a written response from the government over the reasons behind the arrest of Nepali Congress leader and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.

Issuing a show cause order in response to a writ petition filed against his arrest, a single bench of Justice Kumar Regmi today asked the concerned authorities to submit a written response through the Attorney General’s Office within three days of receiving the notice.

The court has issued a notice to the defendants, also seeking a report submitted to the Government by the commission formed to investigate the incidents that took place during the protests on Bhadra 23 and 24, 2082 BS and the original file prepared during the investigation.

Leader Lekhak’s wife Yashoda had filed a writ petition in the Apex Court on Sunday, stating that her husband was being illegally detained. (RSS)