According to writ petitioner advocate Om Prakash Aryal, Shah said he could not conduct the hearing because Prasanna Krishna Das is the son of his friend and former justice Kamal Narayan Das. A hearing on the writ petition is scheduled for Tuesday.[break]
A single bench of Justice Sushila Karki on March 22 had ordered the government to halt the appointment process until April 7, stating that the Interim Election Council, which has been formed to hold fresh election, cannot take decision on issues that can have a long-term impact.
Advocate Aryal on March 20 had moved the apex court challenging the government´s preparations to appoint Karki as the chief of the anti-corruption body.
In the petition, Aryal has stated that the recommendation of the High-Level Political Committee to appoint Karki as head of CIAA is against constitutional provisions and the spirit of the people´s movement, rule of law, good governance, transparency, accountability and the principle of constitutional checks and balances.
The writ petitioner has claimed that Karki is not eligible for the post as he was involved in suppression of the peaceful democratic movement of April 2006 and the Rayamajhi Commission formed subsequently had recommended the government to remove Karki from civil service, making him ineligible for any public post in future.
The Office of the President, Chairman of Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi and his office, Constitutional Council, CIAA, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Karki have been made defendants in the writ petition.
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