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The Supreme Court (SC) is likely to give its verdict on the controversial Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) today.

A five member special bench of the SC comprising justices Kedar Prasad Giri, Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Ram Nagina Singh, Anup Raj Sharma and Ram Prasad Shrestha has been testing the constitutionality of the RCCC formed after the royal takeover of last year.

The much awaited verdict was deferred last on January 5, citing that the justices had not finished reading the written pleadings submitted by lawyers.

“Unless someone among us calls sick and becomes absent on Monday, the verdict will come on Monday as scheduled,” reports quoted a SC source as saying.

According to the source, the justices met throughout the day Sunday to discuss the case, and finally decided not to defer the verdict this time.

King Gyanendra formed the RCCC after the royal takeover to look after corruption related cases under Article 127, emergency provision of the Constitution.

The body has been in controversy at the national and international level since its inception of being an “extra-judicial body.”

The RCCC has already fined and slapped jail sentence to dozens of government officials and political leaders including former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then physical planning minister Prakash Man Singh on charges of corruption.