Nepal’s Supreme Court issued a show-cause notice on 26 June 2026, demanding the government and oversight agencies explain why no investigation was launched into the procurement of six Chinese aircraft that left Nepal Airlines Corporation with billions of rupees in losses. The court granted legal priority to the case filed by activist Bhesh Raj Luintel, targeting the Prime Minister’s Office, CIAA, and aviation ministries. The aircraft—two Xian MA-60s and four Harbin Y-12Es—have remained grounded for years due to poor performance and high maintenance costs, rotting at Tribhuvan International Airport. This judicial intervention ends a decade of silence, forcing top officials to account for a deal that drained state funds while operators faced AOG status with no pilots trained to fly the Chinese models.