SC emergency meet to discuss House regulations

Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel has called an emergency meeting of the full Supreme Court for Friday morning to discuss the proposed House of Representatives Regulations that make it mandatory for apex court justices to take their oath of office and secrecy before a special committee of parliament. According to Supreme Court justices, the full court, the apex policy making body of the judiciary, is likely to take an unanimous decision not to take oath as per the new provision proposed by the House.

The emergency meeting of the full court has been called two days before parliament is likely to pass the new House of Representatives Regulations. The regulations have already been tabled in parliament for discussion and are likely to be passed on Saturday.Chief Justice Poudel called the meeting after an informal discussion with colleagues during tea time at his office. The meeting discussed the proposed regulations Thursday as well.

It may be recalled that the judiciary and the legislative branch were at loggerheads some years back as parliament prepared an anti-corruption bill that proposed to authorize the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to take action against corrupt judges. The move was later aborted.