Supreme Court Overturns Nepal Airlines Board Appointments

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has overturned the government's decision to appoint members to the board of directors of Nepal Airlines Corporation. The court overturned the decision, stating that candidates who were ranked first in order of merit were rejected without basis or reason, and junior candidates were appointed.

A joint bench of Justices Tekprasad Dhungana and Shanti Singh Thapa issued an order in the name of the government. Hearing the writ filed by Upendra Bahadur Karki, a resident of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 31, the court overturned the appointment through a 'certiorari' order and also issued a 'mandamus'.