The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered arrest of Dr Govinda KC who has started his 14th fast-unto-death against the Supreme Court's order to reinstate Prof Dr Shashi Sharma as dean of Institute of Medicine under the Tribhuvan University (TU).
A single bench of Dambar Bahadur Shahi, hearing a contempt of court case against Dr KC on Monday, has ordered he be arrested and presented to the court on Tuesday.
The senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) earlier on Monday started the hunger strike by organizing a press conference.
The joint bench of Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli and Justice Dipak Kumar Karki, after conducting the final hearing of the writ petition filed by Sharma four years ago demanding his reinstatement, had ordered his reinstatement for four days if he so wishes on Sunday.
"I am staging the hunger strike against the chief justice," Dr KC said in the press conference. This is the 14th time that Dr KC is staging the hunger strike.
"Now our judiciary does not give justice, rather it sells it. It is now under the command of the group that punishes honest, and helps protect the corrupt and criminals. There is no alternative to fighting with the root of the problem in such situation created to cover up the judicial crime and to fulfill personal interests at a time when laws and rules should be followed. So there's no alternative to fighting against corrupt and Mafia-guided only to save the judicial dignity," Dr KC further said.
