The Supreme Court has deemed the petition filed against the recommendation of Dr. Manojkumar Sharma as Chief Justice to be inadmissible. The bench led by Justice Meghraj Pokharel ruled that since the parliamentary hearing of the proposed Chief Justice has taken place and the appointment has been finalized, the court administration’s order at the registrar’s door is upheld.
Senior advocates Dinesh Tripathi and Dr. Premraj Silwal had attempted to file petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional Council’s decision. On May 24 in Kathmandu, the Supreme Court commented that the petition filed against the Constitutional Council’s recommendation of Dr. Manojkumar Sharma for the post of Chief Justice lacks merit.
The separate petitions filed by senior advocates Dinesh Tripathi and Dr. Premraj Silwal had prompted the Supreme Court administration to issue a registrar’s door order. Following a hearing on the appeal against this order, the bench led by Justice Meghraj Pokharel upheld the registrar’s door order as proper.
Since the proposed Chief Justice, Dr. Sharma, recommended by the Constitutional Council has already undergone the parliamentary hearing and been appointed, the Supreme Court found the petition to be ‘inappropriate.’ The order issued by Justice Pokharel’s bench stated, ‘As the process has already changed and there appears no cause to further challenge the recent development, there is no basis to register the present petition and proceed. The registrar’s door order is hereby quashed. Proceed according to the law.’
