The Lalita Niwas land scam case is set to undergo a public hearing as per the writ petition filed seeking a stay on the investigation.
On Wednesday, a joint bench of Supreme Court justices Prakash Kumar Dhungana and Nahakul Subedi continued the discussion on the matter. The hearing in the disputed case is scheduled for today.
The accused in this case include Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut, former Chief Commissioner of the Election Commission Sudhir Kumar Shah, businessman Min Bahadur Gurung, and former employee of the Land Revenue Office, Dharmaprasad Gautam, who were arrested and investigated following the initiation of the inquiry.
After the investigation began and they were taken into custody, the Supreme Court had received a writ petition for a stay on the investigation, which is related to the same dispute. The Supreme Court decided to conduct the hearing on the writ petition and the investigation in the same place.
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