KATHMANDU: 15 Supreme Court (SC) judges have reached at Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana’s chamber seeking latter’s facilitation in easing the tension the judiciary has been facing lately.
According to sources, SC judges including senior judge Deepak Kumar Karki reached the chamber of the Chief Justice at 11 am on Tuesday saying that they would form a collective opinion to help judiciary overcome the crisis.
While Chief Justice Rana is in controversy, many parties are demanding his resignation. On the other hand, Chief Justice Rana has shown no sign to resign, rather he has allotted eight benches to 15 judges on Tuesday.
There are seven division benches and Nahakul Subedi has been allotted a single bench.
Chief Justice Rana had fixed 216 cases for hearing in the eight bench on Monday. However, 13 judges had revolted against the Chief Justice and boycotted the bench on Monday demanding Chief Justice Rana should answer questions raised against him.
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