Judiciary should be kept aloof from politics: Speakers

 Kathmandu, Dec 23: Speakers at a programme here have stressed the need for keeping judiciary aloof from politics and anomalies, so that the legal practice would be stable and reliable.

            At a programme organized on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of Nepal Bar Association in the capital city on Monday, the speakers also pointed out the need of restructuring of the judicial council.

            The legal practitioners said the judiciary and judicial council should be made accountable to the people and the transparency maintained while appointing judge.

            At the programme, Chief Justice Ramkumar Prasad Saha said only judge and employees' groups are not the court. The legal practitioners are the integral parts of the court, he said, adding that anomalies in the judiciary were also gradually creeping into the legal practice.

            He suggested Nepal Bar Association to regard court not as its rival but as a platform of professional exercise and respect.

            The CJ also suggested all concerned to keep judiciary away from political interference and not to use it as a tool.

            Similarly, Attorney General Baburam Kunwar said Nepal Bar and the legal practice would have better future once the judiciary was independent and effective.

            Former Attorney General Dr Yuvraj Sangraula said the aberrations in the judiciary must end by ensuring transparency in appointment of judge.

            However, Association Chairman Hari Krishna Karki said the integrity of judiciary depends also on the behaviour of the legal practitioners. RSS

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