Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Widebody Aircraft Purchase Corruption Case

Kathmandu. The hearing for the corruption case related to the Widebody aircraft purchase scandal has been scheduled at the Supreme Court. The hearing has been scheduled before the division bench of Supreme Court Justices Sharanga Subedi and Meghraj Pokharel.The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed an appeal in the Supreme Court after the Special Court convicted only 10 out of 32 individuals in the Widebody aircraft purchase case. The CIAA registered an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Special Court which acquitted former Tourism Minister and Nepali Congress leader Jeevan Bahadur Shahi...