The Supreme Court Bar Association has decided to draw the attention of the Election Commission to stop former Chief Justices or Justices from contesting for the post of the President or the Vice President of the Country.
Senior advocate Hari Shanker Niraula has been elected the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Bar Association. Niraula filed his candidacy on behalf of the broader democratic group.
The lawyers who had been arguing against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari have completed their arguments in the Supreme Court today.
The SC Bar Association has recommended the names of Senior Advocates Komal Prasad Ghimire and Prakash Bahadur KC as the amicus curiae for the hearing on the writ petition filed against the dissolution of the HoR in the SC.
Justices Tej Bahadur KC and Bam Kumar Shrestha have refused to vacate the constitutional bench that has been formed to hear the writ petitions filed at the Supreme Court
