Chief Justice (CJ) Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha has said the Supreme Court (SC) is committed to clearing cases older than five years by taking up the act as a mission.
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A meeting of the Constitutional Council held this evening has decided to recommend Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC).
KATHMANDU: A full court meeting called by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana began a while ago at the Supreme Court (SC).
The meeting is scheduled to endorse a guideline relating to the assignment of cases through a system of drawing lots.
Sources shared that 18 dissident justices have also attended Thursday's fullcourt meeting. Earlier, the justices decided to boycott the full court summoned by CJ Rana.
The justices have been boycotting the benches formed by Rana and hearing only the cases relating to the habeas corpus writ petitions for the past few weeks.
In a bid to ‘safeguard the apex court’s sanctity, the Nepal Bar Association (NBA), an umbrella organization of the legal practitioners has been staging continued protests asking the Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana to step down and give a way out.
Rana’s fellow justices at the court are also seeking his resignation amid the reports that he [Rana] claimed a share in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet.
CJ Rana was embroiled with controversies after he reportedly demanded a share in the incumbent Cabinet. Gajendra Hamal, a non-parliamentarian, was appointed the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies on ‘CJ’s quota’. Hamal, a Congress leader, however, stepped down as the minister after questions were raised over his ‘controversial appointment’.
The justices other than CJ Rana, who were boycotting all the benches assigned to them, however, began hearing the habeas corpus writ petitions amid the public outcry.
Though Rana has been assigning all sorts of cases, the justices have skipped all benches other than habeas corpus.
KATHMANDU: Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana has formed a total of ten benches to hear as many as 279 cases for Tuesday.
Despite the calls for his ‘immediate’ resignation by the Nepal Bar Association (NBA), an umbrella organization of lawyers, Chief Justice Rana has been assigning cases to his fellow justices at the Supreme Court (SC) for the past two weeks.
The justices at the apex court, however, have been hearing only the habeas corpus writ petition following the public outcry. They boycotted all the benches for the initial one week.
The NBA has been staging protests on the SC premises for the past weeks demanding CJ Rana step down as the chief of the judiciary.
Rana was embroiled in controversy of late after he was accused of claiming a share in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet.