After the case was registered four and a half years ago and the final hearing was completed 28 days ago, the final decision of the case against the appointment of 52 constitutional officials was not made even within the time set by them.

The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli issued an ordinance against the law and appointed 52 people close to him as constitutional bodies. Usually, the verdict is delivered on the same day as the case is heard. Otherwise the judgment may be influenced by many factors.

It is a jurisprudential belief that a decision should be made on the same day as the hearing to prevent corruption, fear, intimidation and temptation. But now the judgment has stopped coming even after the hearing has ended for a long time. This has increased the doubt in the public mind. Courts should hear and decide in an unquestioning manner to maintain their own dignity. Which does not appear to be the current issue.

Not being able to deliver a verdict even 28 days after the last hearing is a major weakness of the judges. Why the judges could not make their opinion until now? What prevented them from making their own independent decisions? The judges should be able to clarify that. Did someone's pressure and influence work? Did the self-interest of appointors and appointees work? It should be clear. Otherwise, the court's dignity will not be preserved if the day of judgment is postponed again and again. It's not even a good thing. It is clear that the judges could not agree on the

verdict. But the decision could be given even if it was by the majority or the minority. The failure to deliver judgments has raised questions about the competence and conduct of all judges. The current ruling party was in opposition four years ago. Oli was the prime minister and Sher Bahadur Deuba was the leader of the opposition. Deuba and the then speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota not only boycotted the meeting because of Oli's illegal appointment saying that Oli had started violating the law in the constitutional body, the case was brought to the Supreme Court. The decision was said to be made on May 28.