According to Supreme Court spokesperson Arjun Prasad Koirala, he went to take a date because he was ordered to appear in person in the contempt of court case filed against him as the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
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Senior leader of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSWP) Balendra Shah has received a date for the contempt case filed by the Supreme Court after taking the oath as an MP at Singha Dabar. After taking the oath, he reached the Supreme Court in the same attire.
According to Supreme Court spokesperson Arjun Prasad Koirala, he went to get a date because he was ordered to appear in person in the contempt case filed against him as the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The case has been scheduled for presentation on Jestha 14.
Three years ago, a contempt case was filed against Balendra Shah for his angry remarks after the Patan High Court issued an interim order against the metropolis to cinema hall operators not to stop showing Hindi films. Advocate Varsha Kumari Jha had filed the contempt case, alleging that he had insulted the court and government by linking it to neighboring and friendly country India through social media.
In the case, a joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Phunyal had asked him not to file a petition and to appear in person.
Balen himself appeared in the Supreme Court because the Supreme Court had asked him to appear in person on the date of the case. At that time, Shah had written, 'When it comes to the sovereignty and independence of the country, I will not respect any law or court. After the film writer says that Nepal was under the control of India, their intentions will be known. The Nepal government calling this a stunt and the court allowing the film to run means that Nepal and India were under the control of the court and the government are considered slaves of India. I am ready to face any punishment for this, but the film will not run and will not be allowed to run,' he had written. It has been argued in the petition that this is contempt of court and should be punished with imprisonment and fine.
