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Review Of Verdict Of Supreme Court And Other News
Review Of Verdict Of Supreme Court And Other News
KTM Metro Reporter
Kathmandu, September 3, 2016:
Review Of Verdict Of Supreme Court
On September 2, 2016, a full bench of the Supreme Court of Nepal comprising justices Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Anand Mohan Bhattarai gave permission to the Nepal Trust to file a review petition for reviewing the verdict of the division bench of Chief Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Sah and Justice Cholendra SJB Rana on ordering the Nepal Trust to return 15 ropanis and one ana land to former princess Prerana Rajya Laxmi Singh done on June 21, 2015, the news on thehimalayantimes.com quoted Spokesperson for the Supreme Court Nahakul Subedi.
The Supreme Court of Nepal had stated that the Nepal Trust was authorized to nationalize the properties of late king Birendra Shah, late queen Aishwarya and their children.
According to Spokesperson Nahakul Subedi, the full bench also has stated in the today’s order that the land in question was in the name of late king Birendra and was never transferred to Gyanendra Shah, the news on thehimalayantimes.com stated.
In the writ petition filed on February 8, 2015, the former princess had stated that the Nepal Trust illegally took over the property she received from her father: former king Gyanendra as the wedding gift. The current price of the property is NPR 900 million.
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/sc-allows-nepal-trust-file-review-petition/
Monarchists’ Attempt To Reinstall Statue Of Birendra
On September 3, 2016, monarchists and common folks fought over the statue of the late Birendra installed while he was still alive at Dhambojhi Chowk in Nepalgunj, and demolished during the people’s movement in 2005, the news on myrepublica.com stated.
The police removed the statue of late King Birendra Shah the monarchists had reinstalled on Thursday in less than 24 hours following tensions between monarchists and common folks, the news stated.
Police said that the Nationalist Youth Cadres replaced the late king's statue at the Dhambojhi Chowk informing the police that the group would just set the national flag on the pedestal but they installed the late monarch's statue provoking the common folks.
“Some political parties in the district expressed discontent with the installation of the statue. We removed the statue as the decision was not taken by the government,” said Banke's Chief District Officer Mr. Rabil Lal Pant, according to the news on myrepublica.com.
Clashes between police personnel and monarchists had ensued after police forcefully removed the statue. CDO Pant said police had arrested 10 cadres of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (PPP) after they started pelting stones on the police. Security personnel have been deployed in the Dhamboji Chowk area to prevent any untoward incidents, Pant informed.
http://www.myrepublica.com/news/4955
