Lawyers demand immediate dissolution of RCCC

Kathmandu Sept 16-Advocates pleading before the Special bench of the Supreme Court demanded immediate dissolution of the controversial Royal Commission for corruption Control (RCCC) saying Article 127 of the Constitution does not provide authority to the King to form a body like the RCCC, reports said.

They asserted that the royal commission was formed against the spirit of the 1990 Constitution as there is already the Commission for Investigation of the Abuse of Authority to look after irregularities and corruption related cases.

“Invoking Article 127 is not the way to amend the Constitution or to promulgate a new law,” reports quoted senior advocate Shree Hari Aryal as saying. He argued that the Article also does not give the authority to the King to form a body like the RCCC.

The special bench comprising Justices Kedar Prasad Giri, Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Ram Nagina Singh, Anup Raj Sharma and Ram Prasad Shrestha is examining the constitutionality of the RCCC.

Advocates Shree Hari Aryal, Subash Nemwang, Yagnya Murti Banjade and Hari Har Dahal demanded the immediate termination of the commission and to declare all the activities of the commission void.