SC Verdict: Ruling For Course Correction

The Supreme Court (SC) has given a historic verdict on the citizenship case of popular television anchor-turned-politician Rabi Lamichhane. The apex court’s constitutional bench on Friday (January 28) issued the verdict, annulling Lamichhane’s position as the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, member of the House of Representatives and president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). After having conducted a series of hearings on Lamichhane’s citizenship case, the court found that he was not a bona-fide Nepali citizen. In 1994, he had obtained the Nepali citizenship from Kathmandu by descent while he acquired the US citizenship in 2014.