Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- The Supreme Court has demanded a written answer from the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority explaining the reason why a case wasn't filed against former prime minister duo Madhav Kumar Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai on the Lalita Niwas land scam.

The single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has demanded the explanation from the constitutional anti-graft agency within 15 days. Senior Advocate Bal Krishna Neupane moved the apex court on Wednesday demanding both Nepal and Bhattarai be booked in the scam together with other officials and former ministers. Neupane claimed that the commission's decision to exempt two former prime ministers and Nabin Poudel, son of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lead...