{"id":8839,"date":"2021-12-21T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2022-01-17T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T03:52:34","slug":"nepals-eroding-judicial-independence-leaves-supreme-court-in-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/nepals-eroding-judicial-independence-leaves-supreme-court-in-limbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal\u2019s eroding judicial independence leaves Supreme Court in limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BIKRAM TIMILSINA \u00a0 |\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal\u2019s Supreme Court is in crisis due to unprecedented protests from its justices and lawyers. Despite over a month of protests demanding the resignation of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, Rana has refused to step down. But nor have the political parties filed a motion of impeachment against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time that Nepal\u2019s Supreme Court has confronted a crisis. In May 2017, Nepal\u2019s first female Chief Justice, Sushila Karki, was suspended after two main political parties filed an impeachment motion. The key reasons behind Karki\u2019s suspension were her strong stance against corruption, Supreme Court rulings against the government\u2019s appointment of a police chief and decision to provide amnesty to the Maoist leader Balkrishna Dhungel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefrontierpost.com\/nepals-eroding-judicial-independence-leaves-supreme-court-in-limbo\/\">Nepal\u2019s eroding judicial independence leaves Supreme Court in limbo<\/a>\u201d article published at The <\/em>Frontier Post, written by Griffith Asia Institute PhD candidate, Bikram Timilsina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIKRAM TIMILSINA \u00a0 |\u00a0 Nepal\u2019s Supreme Court is in crisis due to unprecedented protests from its justices and lawyers. Despite over a month of protests demanding the resignation of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, Rana has refused to step down. 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