Hearing on Sharma and Bharatpur cases to continue on Sunday
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has again scheduled the hearing on the writ petition filed claiming the 'illegal' detention of the suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma.
A full bench of Justices Dipak Raj Joshi, Dipak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Sharada Prasad Ghimire, and Anil Kumar Sinha said the hearing went short of time Thursday, so it would be continued on Sunday as well, said Spokesperson Mahenranath Upadhyay.
Advocates Bhimarjun Acharya, Shatishkrishna Kharel, Lalit Basnet and others pleaded for Sharma, arguing to release Sharma on bail.
Sharma is in detention after the Special Court issued an order to remand him into custody for investigation into the alleged embezzlement of revenue by exempting taxes of big business for mutual benefits. On July 16, the anti-graft body filed a charge-sheets against Sharma and two other office bearers of the erstwhile Tax Settlement Commission.
On July 23, the SC had issued order seeking a dossier from the Special Court.
Sharma's wife Kalpana Uprety had filed a habeas corpus petition on July 11, 2017 after the CIAA arrested Sharma on June 2.
Hearing on the habeas corpus petition, a divisional bench of Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Prakash Raut had stayed the corruption case against Sharma and sent it to a full bench on July 19.
Hearing on Bharatpur-19 vote count on Sunday
Similarly, the SC on Thursday has again rescheduled the hearing on the writ petition filed against Election Commission's decision to re-poll in Ward No 19 of Bharatpur Metropolis for Sunday, after the hearing could not be completed on Thursday.
The division bench of Justices Om Prakash Mishra and Purushottam Bhandari decided to continue hearing on coming Sunday, informed Spokesperson Upadhyay.
Pleading on behalf of the Election Commission, Attorney General Raman Shrestha argued for re-polling.
Similarly, pleading on behalf of Maoist party candidate Renu Dahal, advocate Dinmani Pokhrel, Ramesh Kumar Mainali, and Gunaraj Ghimire.
There are 12 advocates in favour of candidate Dahal.
READ ALSO:
