Nepal, July 15 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Property Inquiry Commission (PIC) not to seek property details from anyone and not to proceed with the investigation until the full bench decides on the matter.

A single bench of Justice Nripadhwaj Niraula on Wednesday issued an interim order to stop the investigation after the PIC issued a notice on Monday stating that it will collect details from all public office bearers except former judges and former military officials.

Advocate Maniram Upadhyay had filed a writ petition seeking an order to stop the investigation of all high-ranking government officials after the PIC decided to move ahead with its task mandated by the government.

Earlier on Friday, a division bench of Justi...