Advocate Bipin Dhakal had filed a writ petition against Commission Chairperson Gauri Bahadur Karki, members Vigyanraj Sharma and Bishweshwor Prasad Bhandari.
The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order on a writ petition filed against the chairman and three members of the Commission of Inquiry formed to investigate the repression and subsequent destruction during the Gen-G movement. A bench of Justices Hari Prasad Phuyal and Abdul Aziz Musalman ordered the matter to be submitted to a three-judge bench.
A writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court on 11 Kartik demanding a stay on the work of the commission officials.
Advocate Bipin Dhakal had filed a writ petition against the commission chairperson Gauri Bahadur Karki, members Vigyanraj Sharma and Bisheshwor Prasad Bhandari.
In the writ petition, it was claimed that Karki and Sharma should not be allowed to sit on the committee as they had shown bias by making their views and opinions public about the subject of the inquiry. The writ petition claims that the commission officials should exercise their judicial mind and work without bias as they have already made their views public about the incident.
The government had formed a commission of inquiry under the leadership of former special court chairperson Gauri Bahadur Karki to investigate the loss of life and property caused by the Gen-G movement. The commission members included former AIG Vigyanraj Sharma and advocate Bisheshwor Prasad Bhandari, who had worked in UN missions. The commission has established a secretariat in the old Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Office, which was damaged by arson.
