NBA agitation contributes to clean judiciary: Chair Shrestha

KATHMANDU: FEB. 8 – Chairperson of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) Chandeshwor Shrestha has said the agitation launched by NBA has contributed to beginning initiatives for a clean judiciary.

Shrestha viewed the hearing of cases with lottery-system in the court is a significant achievement, which he argued, was the contribution of agitation NBA launched for over three months. He said it while addressing a press conference the NBA organized on the 100th day of agitation on Monday.

The NBA has continued its campaign for a clean judiciary with several demands including a lottery system in hearing of cases, and the end of corruption in the judiciary.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA has continued its agitation virtually.

However, Chairperson Shrestha said though the lottery system was begun after agitation, the judiciary was suffering from indecision. It has failed to conduct meetings of the Judicial Council and Judicial Service Commission, he added.

Similarly, the Chairperson of the NBA Supreme Court chapter, Dr Purna Man Shakya, made it clear that the NBA’s protest was not targeted against anyone but for the reform in the entire judiciary with the control of corruption. He believed that the protest was for restoring the judiciary’s image.