A hearing has been scheduled for the writ petition challenging the agreement between the government and the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) that seeks to exclude medical services from the purview of the Consumer Protection Act and narrow the jurisdiction of consumer courts.The case has been listed for hearing before a joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Shrikanta Paudel. The writ, filed by Advocate Jayaprasad Paudel on behalf of the Consumer Interest Protection Forum, demands a halt to the 11-point agreement reached between the government and the NMA on Jestha 24, 2082, and the subsequent process to...