NBA president says he did not mean to belittle judiciary

Even as judges of district and appellate courts of capital valley have announced to boycott hearing for two hours between 10 am and 12 noon, Thursday, to protest remarks attributed to president of Nepal Bar Association (NBA), the latter has said that he never meant to belittle judiciary.

“The NBA is quite aware about the importance of judiciary in this transitional phase. As its president, I cannot even imagine about belittling or soiling the prestige of judiciary,” Bishwo Kanta Mainali told Nepal FM.

“What I said was that in existing laws, a judge is not made criminally liable for corruption. I said that the judicial council should work to bring the judges within the system of accountability. And I said that if that does not happen then a position of judge becomes like a license for corruption. And I stand by what I said,” Mainali said. nepalnews.com sd Sep 18 08

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