The work of the Judicial Council is not only the appointment, transfer and promotion of judges, but also the responsibility of studying and investigating their conduct errors and judgments.
However, the right to overturn the judgment rests only with the High Court. The Judiciary Council is empowered to review disputed judgments and even dismiss them if they are too controversial. But looking at history, it is found that controversial judges resign before being dismissed by the Judicial Council.
Exactly the same kind of study has been done in the recent judgment of Birganj High Court and a complaint has been filed in the Judicial Council. Therefore, in the case of Mohammad Aftab Alam, who is also a former member of the Congress, it has become the responsibility of the Judicial Council to study the judgment of the Birgunj High Court as soon as possible and reach a conclusion.
The public is watching this verdict with great interest. People are raising the question - why there is a sky-heaven difference in the judgment of two levels of court? Why does one say white than the other black?
– Gopal Devkota , Jorpati Kathmandu
Everyone is surprised to see that the responsible body of the state makes a mockery of the law
. Former Congress MP Mohammad Aftab Alam was sentenced to life imprisonment by the district court on the charge of burning a person alive in a brick kiln, but the Birganj High Court overturned that decision and acquitted him.
Now the people have only one question - is the decision of the district court wrong or the decision of the high court?
All judges must have read the same law book. How did you see him guilty yesterday and today he is innocent?
Actually, this is not about any particular person, it is a mockery of legal rule. This is the latest example that there is law in the country but the leader is above the law.
– Purushottam Ghimire , Jorpati, Kathmandu
