Kathmandu: Writ petition filed by Sharad Ojha, suspended Chairman of Nepal Insurance Authority, against his suspension could not be heard on Monday.
The joint bench of Justices Abdul Aziz Muslim and Manoj Kumar Sharma was unable to hear the writ petition scheduled for the day.
Ojha had filed the writ petition at the Supreme Court demanding the cancellation of the investigation committee formed against him and the revocation of his suspension order.
The writ was filed jointly against the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, and the investigation committee.
Ojha has also named the chair of the committee, Krishna Giri, and members Jivan Prakash Sitoula and Kapil Dev Oli as defendants in the petition.
Responding to the preliminary hearing on the case, Supreme Court Justice Abdul Aziz Musalman issued a show cause order to the government and other respondents. The next hearing has been scheduled for Monday. Today’s hearing was listed before a joint bench of Justices Musalman and Manoj Kumar Sharma.
The government had formed the investigation committee on 14 July to probe Ojha’s conduct, official integrity, and performance. Following the formation of the committee, Ojha was automatically suspended as per Section 12, Subsection 3 of the Insurance Act, 2022, which mandates suspension of any chairperson or member under investigation.
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