The CIAA has filed a corruption case at the Special Court over social security allowance payments in Likhu Rural Municipality-9, Okhaldhunga, claiming Rs 3,167,200.
One full-time post, for up to a year with a three-month probation, has been filled, with two alternate candidates named. The selected candidates must contact the court within seven days.
The Council of Ministers has asked the President to issue an ordinance amending the Press Council Act, 1991. The Federation of Nepali Journalists says the government is bypassing Parliament.
Under a 1 October decision, 328 non-gazetted employees, most of them nayab subba, have been moved between district, high and specialised courts.
The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench has not sat regularly since 7 October. An analysis of what Article 137 gives the Chief Justice, where the Bar and the judges disagree, and the options for a lasting fix.
A committee led by Justice Sharanga Subedi says past selections were disorderly. It is considering making professional performance the sole criterion and allowing the title to be withdrawn for misconduct.
