Proposed Chief Justice Denies Pressuring Supreme Court

Kathmandu. Proposed Chief Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma has clarified that he did not exert any kind of pressure to not register the writ filed against his recommendation at the Supreme Court. Speaking at the parliamentary committee on Tuesday during the parliamentary hearing, he refuted the allegation against him and gave such a clarification.

Dr. Sharma further clarified that the judicial administration of the Supreme Court is completely independent in deciding whether to register or reject a complaint or writ based on its nature. He stated that a planned rumor was being spread in the media accusing him, and he had no further comments on such misleading information.

Responding to the news in the media and the questions raised in the parliament against him, Dr. Sharma said, 'Whether to register a complaint or reject it is a decision made by the judicial administration after looking at the nature of the complaint. The judicial administration is independent in this. The rumors that have come in the media, saying that I prevented the registration of the complaint against me, are all false. This is a false allegation. I have no further comments on this.'

During the parliamentary hearing, the MPs had asked how he would manage the growing distance and conflict between the bar and the bench. Responding to that question, proposed Chief Justice Dr. Sharma clarified that there is no conflict of any kind between the bar and the bench as discussed in Nepal's legal circles.

He stated that there has always been a professional and cordial relationship between the court and the bar, and expressed the view that minor misunderstandings that appear externally can be easily resolved through administrative dialogue and mutual coordination.