The final hearing of the writ petition filed on Chaitra 20, 2079 against the then Attorney General's decision not to prosecute the passport misuse case was scheduled for March 20, 2079.
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Even though the case related to misuse of passport by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Rabi Lamichhane was scheduled to be presented in the Supreme Court, the hearing has been postponed, making it impossible to watch.
On Monday, a joint bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Nripadhwaj Niraula scheduled the case for hearing on the writ petition filed on Chaitra 20, 2079 against the then Attorney General's decision not to prosecute the case for passport misuse. Yubaraj Poudel had filed a writ petition demanding that a case be filed against Lamichhane for the passport offence. He had filed the writ petition saying that Attorney General Dinmani Pokharel's decision not to prosecute Lamichhane was against the law.
The Supreme Court has previously decided to summon the file three times in this case. The Supreme Court, which issued a show cause order on Chaitra 22, 2079, ordered the file to be summoned on Jestha 9, 2080. The court has sought the reasons for the decision not to prosecute Rabi Lamichhane in the passport dispute from the Attorney General's Office, and a double hearing is scheduled after receiving the decision.
The then Attorney General Pokharel had decided not to prosecute Lamichhane in the passport dispute on Chaitra 2079. Poudel had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Attorney General's decision. In the writ, he had also sought an interim order to prosecute Rabi Lamichhane in the passport dispute. But the Supreme Court had refused to grant an interim order.
He has argued that it is unreasonable for the Attorney General to decide not to prosecute Rabi Lamichhane when there is no dispute that obtaining a Nepali passport by filling out a passport application form stating that he is a Nepali citizen despite being an American citizen is an act and offense against Section 5 (b) of the Passport Act, 2024.
