Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has expressed his reservation to the statement issued by four former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court regarding the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution.

At a programme organised by Gurung Journalists Association Nepal here Sunday, Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson, condemned the act of issuing a joint statement by four former chief justices to influence the case that is underway in the Supreme Court.

The joint press statement by four former chief justices has undermined the dignity of independent judiciary aimed at influencing the justice delivery, Gurung said.

Issuing a press statement on Friday, former chief justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Kalyan Shrestha, Anupraj Sharma and Sushila Karki had stated that no Article of the Constitution was applicable in the HoR dissolution.

“The former chief justices who have already led the Supreme Court should not do so in the sub judice case in any perspective,” he stated.

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