Contempt of Court Case Filed Against Two Judges of Patan High Court
Summary
A contempt of court case has been filed in the Supreme Court against two Patan High Court judges for ignoring Supreme Court binding legal principles in a judgment regarding traffic police 'wheel locks'.
Key Points
- A contempt of court case has been filed in the Supreme Court against Patan High Court judges Rishi Raj Bhandari and Gopal Prasad Bastola.
- The petitioner, law student Vivek Chaudhary, alleges the High Court judgment ignored binding legal principles set by the Supreme Court.
- The case arose from a High Court dismissal of a writ petition challenging 'wheel locks' applied by Municipal and Traffic Police as illegal.
- The petition claims that disregarding Supreme Court established principles by a lower court constitutes contempt of court under Article 128(4) of the Constitution of Nepal.
