Kathmandu, July 28 The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee today concluded hearing on the nomination of Supreme Court justices but postponed the decision to endorse or reject the nominees till Sunday. PHSC Chair Kul Bahadur Gurung said the panel decided to postpone the process till Sunday morning, as the panel members demanded time to discuss all the nominees. “Some members of the panel were in favour of taking a decision today but others said it was a hectic hearing today and they needed another meeting to complete the process,” panel member and CPN-MC lawmaker Anita Pariyar told reporters. According to panel member Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, who is also chief whip of the CPN-UML, the panel needed to further discuss the nominations. “I do not think there is any other reason for postponing the decision. We’ll probably take a decision unanimously,” Dhakal added. He, however, said there may be some members who might think that postponing today’s process might delay the hearing on the ambassadorial nominations. A source close to the Nepali Congress said as of today the party lawmakers in the panel were in favour of endorsing the names of SC justices. “But I cannot say nothing will change in the next two days,” he added. The source said one reason behind today’s postponement could be to delay the hearing on ambassadorial nominations. The panel conducted hearing for five SC justice nominees -- Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Anand Mohan Bhattarai, Anil Kumar Sinha, Prakash Man Singh Raut and Sapana Pradhan Malla. Khatiwada said his efforts would be to increase people’s access to justice and make the judiciary free from all kinds of anomalies. Bhattarai said the fundamentals of the constitution were strong and the constitution had kept its door open for amendment. “Amendment to the constitution will be easier in the transformed Parliament (than in the Parliament formed after general elections),” he added. Sinha said although he belonged to Madhesi community, he would adjudicate cases as per the constitution and the laws. Sinha said the court should not be unnecessarily constrained by the proceedings to deliver timely justice. Raut said he would deliver justice on the basis of laws and evidences. “The court cannot be swayed by what people say on the street and what media outlets report on a particular case,” he said. Malla faced questions from multiple members of the panel about her being a CPN-UML lawmaker in the first CA. Responding to panel members’ queries she said she was nominated (under the PR system) as a legal expert and she used her expertise as per her conscience without being dictated by the party that had sent her to the CA. “I was not a member of any political party and when I was offered the chance to become a lawmaker, I took it as an opportunity and that should not make me ineligible to become a Supreme Court justice,” she added. She claimed that she would perform her duty impartially.