Kathmandu Sept 8- The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to continue hearings on the writ petition that challenges constitutionality of the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) next Tuesday.
A special bench of the apex court comprising acting chief justice Kedar Prasad Giri, Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Ram Nagina Singh, Anup Raj Sharma, Ram Prasad Shrestha heard a public interest litigation filed by advocate Santosh Kumar Mahato challenging the constitutional status of the RCCC.
President of Nepal Bar Association, Shambhu Thapa, pleaded on behalf of Mahato during the hearings. The hearings would continue on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, hearing on the writ petition filed on behalf Rajiv Parajuli, the special bench has ordered the RCCC to produce Parajuli at the court on Tuesday.
The RCCC had detained Parajuli last week charging him of amassing property disproportionate to his sources of income. The Commission later filed a case against Parajuli at its own ‘ijlas’ (court) alleging him of acquiring property worth Rs 15.3 million.
After preliminary hearings, the RCCC demanded a bail of Rs 5.1 million from Parajuli which he has refused. “Why should I post the bail when I haven’t committed any thing wrong,” he said.
Many cases involving RCCC including one related to former premier Sher Bahadur Deuba and former minister Prakash Man Singh are awaiting their turn at the apex court.
Same As , the SC today issued a stay order to the RCCC for not to implement its July 26 verdict related to Lama Construction Company, the contractor of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project.
In its verdict, the powerful royal anti-graft panel had convicted Jip Tsering Lama, the chief contractor of the company, on corruption charges.
Justice Badri Kumar Basnet passed the order in response to a writ petition filed by Pitambar Timsina, project manager of the Company.
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