Kathmandu: The Supreme Court acquitted Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in the contempt of court case and clarified that the court will not act with any prejudice or revenge.
After the Supreme Court acquitted the writ petition filed by senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, the full text of the verdict has been made public. A joint bench of Judge Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Kumar Regmi acquitted Prime Minister Dahal in the contempt case .
Dahal, who is also the chairman of the CPN Maoist Center, iexpressed that “the court made a terrible conspiracy against the peace agreement while making the decision on the case regarding the maoist insurgency “. Aiming at Dahal’s statement, the full text of the Supreme Court says, “The court does not become reactive by nature, the court does not act with any bias or revenge.” It works to guide the darkness existing in the society towards the light by showing the light of justice.’
“It is not reasonable to automatically consider someone’s expression as a matter of contempt of court on the basis that it is indecent or provocative,” the full text says, “it needs to be viewed according to the subject and context.” It did not seem sensible to consider it as a contempt of court and make it a subject of punishment. It does not seem reasonable to form a judicial opinion by considering the news published in a certain newspaper as the decisive reliable basis.
It is mentioned in the full text of the judgment that there is no credible, factual basis or evidence regarding Dahal’s statement, so that it can not be considered as contempt of court.