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NBA issues circular to remain silent on impeachment motion
Nepal Bar Association (NBA)—the umbrella organisation of legal practitioners—on Thursday issued a circular to its units and branch offices to remain silent on a motion filed to impeach Chief Justice Sushila Karki.Nepal Bar Association (NBA)—the umbrella organisation of legal practitioners—on Thursday issued a circular to its units and branch offices to remain silent on a motion filed to impeach Chief Justice Sushila Karki.
NBA General Secretary Khamma Bahadur Khati issued a circular on Thursday asking its affiliate entities not to hold any programme either in support or disapproval of the impeachment motion.
The circular states that it is not wise to make any formal statements on the impeachment motion which is still pending at the Legislature-Parliament.
“All the concerned Bar units are informed to avoid any support or protest programmes to maintain the independence of NBA by considering the jurisdiction of independent legislature,” read the circular.
Meanwhile, senior legal practitioners came down heavily upon the NBA office bearers during a protest programme organised at the NBA office today.
Former NBA President and senior advocate Sambhu Thapa came down heavily upon NBA’s move and urged the office bearers not to issue such prohibitory instructions. He compared the Bar Chairman Sher Bahadur KC and General Secretary Khamma Bahadur Khati with the Cabinet of deposed King under led by Tulisi Giri.
“The office bearers elected with the votes of legal practitioners should not try to gag the lawyers by dancing to the tune of PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba,” said Thapa.
Lawmakers from the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) registered a motion to impeach Chief Justice Karki.