A day after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the release of three ministers of the erstwhile royal regime, two other detained former ministers filed habeas corpus writ petitions at the SC Monday.
Former ministers Kamal Thapa and Tanka Dhakal filed the writ petition through their attorney, Nam Raj Karki, challenging the legality of their detention under the Public Security Act (PSA).
Then home minister Thapa and local development minister Dhakal were arrested on May 12 along with three other former ministers of the King’s cabinet, Ramesh Nath Pandey, Shris Shumsher Rana and Nikshay Shumsher Rana and were sent to 90-day detention. Pandey and Rana-duo were released after an order by a full court of the SC Sunday.
Announcing its release order, the apex court said there were no legal grounds to keep them under detention.
The SC is, however, yet to set the date for hearing on their case
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