KATHMANDU, Oct 1: The Supreme Court has decided to acquit former Chief Justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Anup Raj Sharma, Kalyan Shrestha and Sushila Karki in a contempt case.
A division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR and Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla passed the order on Friday.
Contempt of court case filed against four former chief justices
Advocates Dhanjit Basnet and Lochan Bhattarai had filed a contempt of court case against them on January 27 last year as they had issued a statement saying that the dissolution of the House of Representatives was unconstitutional.