Supreme Court Hears Case Against Government's Abolition of Civil Servant Unions

Kathmandu. The hearing has begun in the Supreme Court's constitutional bench against the government's abolition of professional organizations and trade unions of civil servants.

The writ filed by Nepal Civil Service Organization Chairman Bhawani Dahal and others is being heard in the constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Justices Dr. Nahkul Subedi, Binod Sharma, Abdul Aziz Musalman, and Mahesh Sharma Paudel, kept in 'Heard-in-progress'. Earlier, the constitutional bench had issued a short-term interim order in this writ and called both parties for discussion.

The government had abolished trade unions in civil service, teachers, and other government-affiliated organizations through an ordinance. The civil organizations had filed a writ stating that the rights given by the constitution had been snatched away.