KATHMANDU: The Complaint Hearing Mechanism (CHM) of the Supreme Court is largely sitting idle these days since only 45 complaints have been registered in the past four-month period. The CHM was the brainchild of Chief Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi to curb irregularities in the courts.

On May 15, he set by the body, under the able guidance of Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha.

Surya Parajuli, personal assistant to CJ, said that majority of the complaints were related to procedural delay. “A few also stressed that the court order were improper. Strangely, not a single complaint has been filed in the past one month,” he said.

A Sarlahi District Court verdict was implemented recently with the intervention of the CHM. “The mechanism came into force following complaints of procedural delay,” added Parajuli.

Similarly, a complaint was filed against the Banke District Court for alleged detention of an individual. The CHM sought an explanation from the court.

Senior advocate Shree Hari Aryal told The Himalayan Times that they did not have any faith in the mechanism whatsoever. “But, this doesn’t imply that the courts are above

irregularities,” he added in the same vein.

Anti-graft body’s order illegal: SC

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped an eight-month old directive of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) regarding the selection of stock exchange brokers. Responding to a writ petition, a three-member full bench of justices Anup Raj Sharma, Mohan Prakash Sitaula and Bharat Raj Upreti scrapped the CIAA order terming it “illegal”. On January 5, the anti-graft constitutional body had issued a five-point directive to the Nepal Stock Exchange Limited, ordering the latter not to award marks randomly during the selection of brokers. — HNS