April 18: The suspended Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Maha Prasad Adhikari filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court on Sunday (April 17) challenging the decision of the Council of Ministers to suspend him.

Supreme Court's Spokesperson Bimal Poudel confirmed that Adhikari’s writ petition was registered at the apex court.    
In his petition, Adhikari has demanded the court to scrap the government's decision to form a probe committee without prior information.    
Hearing on the petition would be conducted on Tuesday.    
The government had recently formed a panel under the leadership of former SC Justice Purushottam Bhandari to probe alleged irregularities of Adhikari, leading to his suspension from the post of the central bank’s governor. -- RSS