KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has rejected the government’s demand to quash the order issued to stop the tax collection process.
The apex court on Monday maintained that its earlier stay order on tax collection will continue.
A joint bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana rejected the government’s demand for revocation of the order and continued the old order.
With the new order, the government will not be able to immediately proceed with the process of tax collection.
The apex court had on Wednesday ordered that the taxes should not be collected while the lockdown has been enforced and if it is to be collected, a 30-days deadline after the lockdown is lifted should be provided.
The Ministry of Finance filed the review saying that it will be difficult to run the government after the interim order of the court.
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