SC issues interlocutory order not to close public transport service

Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has issued an interlocutory order in the name of transport entrepreneurs not to close public transport services and launch a strike in the sector.

A single bench of Justice Nitya Nanda Pandeya on Wednesday issued such an order not to close public transport service, or launch a strike which directly affects the citizens. The SC has called both sides for discussion on the issue of whether or not to continue the interlocutory order.

Advocate Bimal Pokharel had filed a writ petition at the SC, saying public transport entrepreneurs violated the constitutional rights of citizens by shutting down public transport service, an essential service.