The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government not to withdraw the case filed against the alleged assaulters of assistant professor Prem Chalaune. A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma ordered the government not to implement the decision. Chalaune had filed the case making the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Home Ministry, Office of Attorney General, District Public Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs defendants.

The assistant professor was critically injured when he was attacked by a group of Hari Acharya, TU chapter President of Nepal Students’ Union (NSU), student wing of Nepali Congress, on October 6, 2020.

The final hearing of the case was scheduled for Tuesday. But the Cabinet meeting held on June 13 decided to withdraw the case. Following the decision, Chalaune moved the Kathmandu District Court demanding justice. In the meantime, police apprehended him from the premises of the apex court. The case against five persons including Acharya was pending in the Kathmandu District Court. Chalaune has been staging a fast-unto-death at the premises of the Tribhuvan University after the government decided to withdraw the case.