Kathmandu, March 29 -- The Supreme Court on Sunday decided to refer writ petitions challenging the revision of cases against Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane to a full bench for hearing.

A division bench of Justices Binod Sharma and Abdul Aziz Musalman issued the order following a preliminary hearing, directing that the petitions be placed before a three-member bench, according to the court administration.

The petitions challenge a decision by the Office of the Attorney General to amend charge-sheets filed against Lamichhane in multiple district courts, which led to the dropping of organised crime and money laundering charges while retaining the cooperative fraud case.

Former attorney general Sabita Bhandari had approved ...