Previously, the apex court had actually stayed the execution of the letter composed by Secretary General of Parliament Secretariat Bharatraj Gautam offering clean chit to Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, who faced impeachment motion in the House of Representatives.Rana, who was suspended after the impeachment motion was signed up in the Parliament, retired from service on December 13.
The SC had previously mentioned in the interim order that Gautam did not cite any legal basis for raising Ranas suspension.Nine attorneys, consisting of Shakya, Vice-president of SCBA Mukunda Prasad Paudel, and Advocate Bikash Bhattarai had submitted a writ petition at the Supreme Court on December 7 demanding that the court remain the implementation of Gautams decision.Opinions are divided as to whether the Impeachment Recommendation Committee report must be owned by the new HoR formed after November 20 parliamentary elections.A variation of this short article appears in the print on February 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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