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SC orders Dahal to present written response on contempt of court case

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of Dahal-Nepal faction of Nepal Com...
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of Dahal-Nepal faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to present himself or his representatives in the court with a written response on the contempt of court case filed against him.


A single bench of Justice Purushottam Bhandari ordered Dahal to present himself or his representatives in the court with a written response on the contempt of court case within 15 days starting Wednesday.


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Earlier, the apex court had ordered Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, former chief justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Anup Raj Sharma, Kalyan Shrestha and Susila Karki to present themselves with a written response on similar cases filed against them.


Earlier on February 17, a case of contempt of court was filed against Dahal for his remarks on the case involving dissolution of the parliament that was subjudice in the apex court.


 

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