Supreme Court show-cause on Govt.

KATHMANDU, July 29 - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued show-cause notice to the government demanding legal clarification on its decision to replace Dipendra Bahadur Kshetry with Bijaya Nath Bhattarai as governor at Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
However, the notice--issued by a single bench of justice Ram Kumar Prasad Sah in response to Kshetry's writ filed on Monday--has not stayed the government decision as demanded. The apex court has also summoned Kshetry's advocates for a hearing on August 3.
The government had reinstated Bhattarai on Friday following his acquittal of corruption charges.
At Tuesday's hearing, Kshetry's advocates had pleaded that NRB Act 2002 does not have any provision for reinstatement of a retired governor and for sacking Kshetry before his tenure expires.
Kantipur Report