Nepal, April 5 -- The hearing has been scheduled after the defendants submitted their written responses following the court's earlier show-cause order.

The Supreme Court is set to hear habeas corpus petitions today (Sunday) filed by CPN-UML Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress leader and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, both of whom were arrested in connection with the Bhadra 23 and 24 incidents.The hearing has been scheduled after the defendants submitted their written responses following the court's earlier show-cause order.

Police arrested both leaders on Chaitra 14, acting on the government's decision to implement the recommendations of a probe commission led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, which was formed t...