Petition for Actions Against Prime Minister And Others for Shortage of Banknotes
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On October 5, 2009, the Himalayan News Service has reported that Advocate Hemmani Subedi has filed a case at the Supreme Court of Nepal demanding an action against Prime Minister Madhav Nepal, Finance Minister Surendra Pandey, Acting Chief Commissioner of Commission on Investigation Into Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lalit Bahadur Limbu, Central Bank Governor Bijaya Nath Bhattarai and Currency Management Department Chief Ashwini Kumar Thakur for creating the shortage of banknotes just before the Dashain festival and not taking actions against the responsible staff members of the Central Bank for causing the shortage of banknotes. The petitioner has also requested the apex court for stopping the circulation of the faulty banknotes the Central Bank has released to mitigate the shortage of Banknotes.