Hearing on governor Bhattarai’s case on March 11
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday set March 11 as the date to conduct a hearing on charges of financial irregularities lodged against governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Bijay Nath Bhattarai and director of the bank Surendra Man Pradhan.
Both Bhattarai and Pradhan had reached the Supreme Court as per the court’s summon orders.
After remaining pending at the special court for six months, the case had been referred to the apex court after three of the presiding judges of the special court gave three different verdicts on the case.
The case against governor Bhattarai, who remains suspended since last seven months after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) slapped him with charges of financial irregularities, has attracted even the attention of donors with some of them publicly expressing disenchantment over the delay in settling of such a 'sensitive case involving the governor of the central bank.'
The Special Court had been pending its verdict on the case on various grounds for the last many months.
Bhattarai and Pradhan face charges of committing financial irregularities worth nearly Rs 20 million in a financial sector reform programme. nepalnews.com ag Feb 27 08
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