A division bench of Justices Kalyan Shrestha and Bharat Bahadur Karki on Monday said that such decision cannot be taken by going against precedents already set by the apex court. [break]
Earlier, a division bench of Justices Shrestha and Girish Chandra Lal on January 1 had decided to give continuity to the apex court´s earlier decision to stay the government´s decision, stating that the latter cannot withdraw criminal cases against absconding convicts.
A single bench of former Justice Tahir Ali Ansari on September 19, 2012 had stayed then government´s decision to withdraw the criminal case and had also ordered the government not to proceed with the decision until the apex court´s final verdict.
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