SC for not live hearing on sensitive issues

Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has issued an order not to conduct live hearings on sensitive issues which need protection of privacy.

A division bench of Justices Binod Sharma and Shanti Singh Thapa issued such an order on Tuesday.

The issues that require protection of privacy as per law, that need closed hearing, and are requested by legal practitioners for maintaining privacy must not be conducted live hearing,” said the bench.

Earlier, an advocate, Jivan Kumar Shahi, had filed a writ petition against the court’s practice of live hearing.

The Justices, however, said in the order not to conduct live hearing till the formulation and enforcement of SC policy/directive/standard on live hearing.

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