KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Teknath Rijal, Bhutanese refugee leader currently in jail in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, is set to be released on bail after the Patan High Court granted him bail.
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a writ of mandamus against the decision of the Department of Immigration (DoI) for ‘arbitrarily’ detaining foreign nationals. A joint bench of justices Prakashman Singh Raut and Hari Prasad Phuyal has issued an order to send the foreign nationals back to their own country, ruling they were being detained in the Jagannath Dewal Jail in Sundhara, Kathmandu, against the law.