Shambhu Thapa Interview

As Speaker Onsari Gharti’s decision to send back recommendations to the Judicial Council for justice appointments to the Supreme Court has courted controversy, two conflicting writs were filed at the apex court on Sunday in a way to further complicate the process.One was filed by Advocate Jyoti Baniya against Gharti’s move, demanding immediate parliamentary hearing for the nominees while the other writ supported the Speaker’s decision. Petitioner Bijaya Singh Sinjapati argues that the hearing process should not be conducted right now as the recommendations came from an incomplete Judicial Council (JC) at a time when the parliamentary hearing special committee has not been formed.