KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has ordered to register a contempt of court case against the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra (Balen) Shah.

The single bench of Supreme Court Justice Til Prasad Shrestha ordered to file a contempt of court case against Mayor Shah and ask for a written reply from him.

According to SC spokesperson Bimal Paudel, the apex court has directed to register the case and seek a written reply from the Mayor.

Advocate Barsha Kumari Jha filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying that Shah had deliberately decried the judiciary causing public distrust in the judiciary system itself.

The petition was heard on Tuesday in the bench of Judge Shrestha.

Mayor Shah announced on social media that he will not obey the order given by Patan High Court.

After the Patan High Court stayed the implementation of the Metropolis decision while hearing a petition filed by the hall owners against the ban imposed by Mayor Shah on the exhibition of the Hindi movie ‘Adi Purush’, Shah denounced the decision and said that he would not obey such decision.

“It is understood that the court and the government are slaves of India.” I am ready to suffer any punishment but the film will not be allowed to be screened in the Kathmandu Cinemas,” Shah wrote on his social media post.