KATHMANDU: A team of lawyers from Paramount Legal Advisory Services has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) at the Supreme Court against the government decision to ban online game Player Unknown's Battleground, popularly known as PUBG, on Tuesday.

The PIL is based on the ground that the order issued by the Kathmandu District Court on request of the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) is a clear violation of Fundamental Rights of people as incorporated in the Constitution of Nepal, one of the writ petitioners argued.

Binay Rimal, one of the writ petitioners told THT, "The government cannot unreasonably curtail the citizens' right to use the resources on the internet. However, every ban should be reasonably justified in a democratic country."

Rimal further said that the Kathmandu District Court has no jurisdiction to impose a ban on the online game.

Following the government decision, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority, the telecom sector regulator, directed all internet service providers of the country to block internet traffic coming from PUBG servers.

Earlier, the MPCD claimed that it had received complaints about PUBG and its wider implications on children from parents, schools and other organisations. Taking approval from the Kathmandu District Court, MPCD had then recommended the NTA to impose the ban on the game.

The hearing on the PIL is due on Thursday.