Kathmandu, July 25 -- As the Supreme Court prepares to start final hearing of their petition, the former Maoist minor soldiers are hopeful of justice after years of indifference of successive governments to their plights.

A full bench of the top court is scheduled to start hearing on the petition that demands prosecution of the then Maoist supreme commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the erstwhile 'people's government' chief Baburam Bhattarai. Both politicians are the country's former prime ministers.

"Neither the government was concerned about our demands, nor did the amendment to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act give any hope for justice," said Lenin Bista, founding chair of the Discharged Peopl...