Supreme Court Divided on Civil Servants' Trade Union Ban

Kathmandu. A split opinion has emerged among the judges in the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court regarding whether to stop or not to stop the implementation of the government's decision to abolish civil servants' trade unions through an ordinance, in a writ petition filed against the abolition of professional organizations and trade unions of civil servants.

The majority opinion of the judges including Chief Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Binod Sharma, and Abdul Aziz Musalman, has refused to continue the previous interim order, in the writ filed by Nepal Civil Service Organization Chairman Bhavani Dahal and others. Judges Dr. Nahakul Subedi and Mahesh Sharma Paudel have expressed a dissenting opinion that the previous interim order should be continued.