Prime Minister's Office Expresses Dissatisfaction Over Being Made Respondent in Court Petitions

Kathmandu. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has expressed dissatisfaction with the practice of making it a respondent in every writ petition filed in court. The office complains that the state's resources, means, and time are being unnecessarily spent by making the Prime Minister's Office a respondent even in unrelated matters.Pushkar Sapkota, Secretary for Law and Human Rights under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, has urged the court to identify the concerned body at the time of filing the writ and make only the necessary party a respondent. He informed that...