MoF approves SC's demand of golden jubilee celebration fund
Kathmandu March 15-The Ministry of Finance (MoF) gave a positive node to the Supreme Court (SC) to allocate Rs 8 million for celebrating the golden jubilee of the establishment of the apex court.
Earlier the Ministry had rejected the Supreme Court’s demand to allocate the money citing financial crunch.
According to reports, the ministry told the apex court recently that it would ‘review’ its previous decision and was ready to allocate a part of the desired amount for the purpose.
“The officials told us that the ministry would review its previous decision,” The Himalayan Times daily quoted officiating registrar of the SC, Dr Ram Krishna Timalsena, as saying. “It wants us to forward our demand in writing again,” he added.
The paper quoted another source of the Supreme Court as saying that the ministry had told the SC to use Rs 4 million from its own budget as ‘contingency amount’ and seek Rs 2 million from the ministry in writing again.
“The ministry has allowed us to use our contingency budget saying it would clear the amount later,” the source added.
The source said after the ministry rejected the apex court’s demand, the SC had cancelled its plan to invite Chief Justices of SAARC countries for the occasion.
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