The Supreme Court has put a full stop to the attempt to sell the land worth billions of Giribandhu Tea Estate in Jhapa .

Supreme Court ordere to stopped the selling process of the land of the tea state, stating that the ammendment of the land reform acts made by the then KP Oli-led government were not favorable to the legal provisions.

In this case, which is considered to be political corruption, the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has given an order to confiscate more land than the limit. The writs filed by Advocate Omprakash Aryal, Bhaktaraj Bharti and Omprakash Mishra on different dates were heard simultaneously by the Constitutional Bench and gave the verdict.

The bench headed by Chief Justice Vishwambhar Prasad Shrestha has quashed the government’s decision and all the actions taken in accordance with it. In the summary order issued by the bench of Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Prakashmansingh Raut, Sapna Pradhan Malla and Sushmalta Mathema, it is said that, ‘Controversial decision granting approval to Giribandhu Tea Estate Pvt. Ltd. to sell 343-19-12 bigha of land under Land Act, 2021 will be invalidated as it does not appear to be in accordance with the legal provisions including Section 12(c) and is of an immature nature.’