KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court is set to conduct hearing on a case registered for the release of the suspended Inland and Revenue Department Director General, Chudamani Sharma, on coming Sunday.

DG Sharma is currently under the custody of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority for his alleged involvement in corruption cases.

Although the hearing of Sharma's case was due today, owing to the time constraint, the SC enlisted his case under consideration and is to conduct hearing on Sunday, according to the SC's Assistant Spokesperson Bishwaraj Poudel.

Sharma's spouse Kalpana Uprety, stating there was no legal grounds for Sharma's arrest, had filed a writ petition at the Special Court demanding his release on Tuesday.

Sharma was arrested by the CIAA on June 2.