KATHMANDU, July 28: Suspended Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal has appeared at the Special Court to provide his statement in the ongoing corruption case against him.

JANAKPURDHAM, July 10: In the corruption case of Jhalanath Khanal Institute of Health Sciences, the Special Court has sentenced Bjjay Kumar Yadav, the former Finance Minister of Madhesh Province, to nine years and one month in prison.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Former Director General of Department of Irrigation Madhukar Prasad Rajbhandari has been acquitted in the corruption case. The Special Court cleared Rajbhandari and his wife, Dipa Shrestha, of all charges of corruption on Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 23: “It took a year to investigate, but the court released the accused within a few days. We were required to see if there is any loophole in cases that are presented before the court,” said a Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in an informal talk session. As stated by the commissioner, the CIAA has been forced to appeal in every case filed at the Special Court.

KATHMANDU, June 13: Saroj Bhattarai, an engineer employed by the Lumbini Development Trust, has been sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction in a corruption case.

KATHMANDU, June 3: A significant corruption case has been filed against 14 people, including Gajendra Maharjan, the mayor of Lalitpur's Godawari Municipality. Following the filing of the case, Mayor Maharjan is set to be suspended.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The Special Court has ordered to send former Executive Director of Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, to prison in a case related to money laundering.

KATHMANDU, May 28: The Special Court has declared Bikal Paudel, the former executive director of Surakshya Printing Center, guilty of corruption for the second time on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 19: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case in the Special Court against former chief of the Land Revenue Office, Tikapur, Mohan Snehi Rasaili, and non-gazetted first class officer Agni Bahadur Shahi on charge of misusing their position and embezzling Rs 246.97 million.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The Special Court has acquitted three individuals including the then Member Secretary of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) Milan Kumar Thapa in the Jalhari case of Pashupatinath.

KATHMANDU, April 26: The Special Court has ordered to keep Sunil Paudel, former managing director of Nepal Telecom, in judicial custody on charges of illegal wealth acquisition.

KATHMANDU, April 8: The Special Court has convicted former president of Nepal Engineering College (NEC), Lambodar Neupane, in a money laundering case.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a case at the Special Court against the persons involved in purchasing two wide-body aircraft in the past.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Special Court has allowed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, arrested on charges of illegal acquisition of wealth to be detained for 21 days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case against Bishal Pandit, a medical supplies dealer, at the Special Court on Sunday for alleged irregularities in the purchase of medical supplies.

KATHMANDU, March 22: A case of money laundering has been filed against four individuals who were arrested on charges of hundi business. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation filed a case against four individuals in the Special Court on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against a section officer who registered government land in the name of an individual.

KATHMANDU, March 5: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case in the Special Court on Monday against several individuals including the former head of the District Technical Office, Mugu, on charges of corruption related to irrigation projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is preparing to register a case related to the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) in the Special Court soon.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The Special Court has convicted former government employees, middlemen and land buyers in the infamous Lalita Niwas land-grab case that saw the involvement of high-profile politicians as well.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Special Court has remanded the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and suspended Executive Director of Security Printing Centre, Bikal Poudel, for 10 more days for further investigation.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Special Court is set to deliver its verdict on the Lalita Niwas land-grab case today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Special Court has granted permission to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to detain the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of the Security Printing Center, Bikal Paudel, for seven more days. This is the third time that the court has extended their detention.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The Special Court has sentenced former member of the Constituent Assembly and promoter of Civil Savings and Credit Cooperative Limited Ichchha Raj Tamang to three years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 1.73 billion.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The Special Court has allowed the suspended managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended executive director of Security Printing Center (SPC), Bikal Paudel, to be detained for a second time for seven days.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: On Sunday, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case at the Special Court in Kathmandu against individuals involved in both taking and inciting bribes.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The special court has granted permission to detain the suspended Managing Director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the suspended Executive Director of Security Printing Center Bikal Paudel for seven more days.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: The Special Court has sentenced Madan Prasad Gupta, a non-gazetted first-class official from the Land Revenue Office involved in seven corruption cases, to five years in prison.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Special Court has convicted Ichchha Raj Tamang, a former member of the Constituent Assembly and the founder of Civil Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited, of amassing property with no legitimate sources.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Special Court has sentenced former Nepal Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mahesh Bikram Shah to three years in prison.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The Special Court has convicted two individuals of money laundering. The Special Court decided that Pramod Kumar Jaiswal is guilty of illegal money laundering and will be imprisoned for eight years along with a fine of Rs 830 million.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha has administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed chairman and members of the Special Court.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case at the Special Court on Sunday against Gyanhari Lama, a resident of Kathmandu Gokarneshwor Municipality, on charges of giving false statements as a government witness.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case at the Special Court against Raju Puri, a survey official at the Survey Office, Chabahil, on the charge of illegal wealth acquisition. The CIAA has said that the source of Puri’s property worth Rs 14.3 million has not been disclosed.

KATHMANDU, June 30: The Special Court has found former executive director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), Gopal Bahadur Khadka, guilty of corruption.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The Special Court on Tuesday slapped a nine-year jail sentence to former chief of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Chudamani Sharma – the mastermind of the country’s multi-billion rupee corruption cases. Sharma has been convicted of accepting kickbacks to settle tax arrears while he was with the Tax Settlement Commission.

KATHMANDU, April 18: The Special Court on Monday asked Nepal Police to issue an arrest warrant against controversial Gopal Bahadur Khadka, the then managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC).

KATHMANDU, April 2: The special court has found seven people, including Manohar Prasad Panthi, the Land Revenue officer at Land Revenue office, Nawalparasi, guilty of corruption.

KATHMANDU, March 10: The Special Court on Thursday slapped former Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Badri Prasad Neupane, who was found guilty in the Fun-park lease scam, with a nine years jail term and a cash penalty of Rs 24.36 million.

The full text of the Special Court’s verdict on the case filed by the CIAA claiming corruption and financial irregularities leading to substandard work in the Sikta Irrigation Project is bizarre, incredibly disappointing, and appears to be a gross miscarriage of justice. In what can only be described as a shocking turn of events, the court has deemed the dissoluble soil in the project area responsible for the failure of the project!

BIRENDRANAGAR, Jan 26: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case at a special court against four people including an accounting officer allegedly involved in embezzling money by using fake compensation in Panchapuri Municipality in Surkhet.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Special Court has convicted the then Deputy Secretary Anand Keshari Pokharel, Deputy Superintendent of Police Navraj Thapa, Police Inspector Murari Mishra and sentenced them to imprisonment and fines in the case of revenue leakage and alteration of driver's license results.

KATHMANDU, July 18: The accused in most corruption cases registered at the Special Court have been acquitted due to weak evidence and investigation by the Commision for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). Last year, out of 331 cases decided by the Special Court in Kathmandu, 268 accused were given a clean chit. As many as 41 cases were adjudicated, 25 cases were partially adjudicated and one case has been adjourned. According to the Special Court, the accused were acquitted in most cases registered due to poor investigation and prosecution.

KATHMANDU, June 23: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Wednesday filed a case against three persons including Chudamani Sharma, former director general of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), at the Special Court on the charge of revenue leakage worth over Rs 1 billion.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Special Court has sent former chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Dip Basnyat to judicial custody on his alleged involvement in Lalita Niwas land scam.

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Special Court on Monday sent Krishna Prasad Poudel, the then officer at Dilli Bazaar Land Revenue Office, to the judicial custody. Poudel has been accused of being involved in registering the government-owned land in Baluwatar in the name of private individuals.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The Special Court on Friday issued summons against Vice President of the Nepali Congress party Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar and former chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Deep Basnyat in connection with the Lalita Niwas land grab scam.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Special Court on Thursday convicted former minister Sanjay Sah alias Takla of corruption as well as money laundering. Sah is currently serving a life term in Nakkhu prison for ‘masterminding’ bombing in Janakpur a few years ago.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The Special Court has started summoning the accused in the Lalita Niwas land scam, preparatory to holding preliminary hearings. They stand accused of involvement in registering government land as the property of private individuals.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Special Court on Friday said it will begin the process of prosecuting the case arising from the Lalita Niwas land scam from next week.