Nepal, July 28 -- Special Court has rejected a request by former Prime Minister and Chair of CPN (Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, to allow a legal representative to attend court hearings on his behalf in the Patanjali land corruption case. This means he must now appear in person for every scheduled hearing.
Nepal had submitted an application requesting permission to send a representative instead of attending in person, citing frequent travel for political programs across the country. However, a bench of judges Tej Narayan Singh Rai and Murari Babu Shrestha dismissed the plea on Monday.
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