CJ Rana assigns all sorts of cases to SC justices, 10 benches formed for Tuesday

KATHMANDU: Chief Justice (SC) Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, who had been assigning only habeas corpus writ petitions to his fellow justices at the Supreme Court amid the ongoing deadlock, has, however, assigned other cases starting Tuesday. 

In the cause-list published on Tuesday morning, CJ Rana assigned all sorts of cases including habeas corpus to other justices while his single bench is also scheduled to hear some cases. 

Rana formed a total of ten benches --excluding his own, the other nine are joint benches. 

Justices including Deepak Kumar Karki, Nahakul Subedi, Mira Khadka, Kumar Regmi, Hari Krishna Karki, Sushma Lata Mathema, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Kumar Chudal, Aanand Mohan Bhattarai, Prakash Kumar Dhungana, Anil Kumar Sinha, Prakash Man Singh Raut, and Sapana Pradhan Malla have been assigned cases for Tuesday. 

Similarly, Bam Kumar Shrestha, Tej Bahadur KC and Manoj Kumar Sharma are also scheduled to bench the hearings on Tuesday as per the clause-list issued by the apex court.