Supreme Court orders govt not to withdraw Prem Chalaune’s case

Kathmandu, June 21

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order telling the government not to withdraw Prem Chalaune’s case.

The order was given by Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma.

The apex court has asked the government to present the reasons behind withdrawing Chalaune’s case.

With the order of the court, the statement given by the government lawyers to the district court to withdraw the case has become ineffective.

The government can go to the Supreme Court demanding the cancellation of the interim order if it is not satisfied with the order.

Chalaune had gone to the apex court asking it to annul the decision taken by the government. He said that the government’s decision to withdraw the case was not logical and was of a nature to protect criminals, and demanded that the government’s decision should be stopped immediately.

Chalaune, an assistant professor of Sociology at Tribhuvan University, was beaten by a gang of men including Hari Acharya of the Nepali Congress-affiliated Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) on October 6, 2020.