Kathmandu: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered for a written reply within seven days from the persons whose names were mentioned during the recording of the statement and hearing on the contempt of court case against sidhakura.com. Recording of the statement and hearing on the case was conducted in a division bench of Justices Hari Prasad Phuyal and Mahesh Sharma Poudyal here on Monday. Written reply is sought from Chairperson of Annapurna Post, Rameshwor Thapa, Kantipur Media Group's Chairperson Kailash Sirohiya, senior advocate Hari Prasad Uprety, advocate Kishore Kumar Bista, Annapurna Post's journalist Surendra Kafle and erstwhile Superintendent of Police (SP) Sanjay Thapa. The Kathmandu-based news portal's executive editor Navin Dhungana and publishers Yuwaraj Kandel and Raj Kumar Timilsina were also presented in the court. A week back, the online media had published a story with an audio on a 'sting operation' launched by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority where was mentioned the 'Supreme Court justices held a meeting to influence a case'. Raj Kumar Timilsina had provided audio clip to the media. Following the news, Deputy Registrar at SC Govinda Ghimire, had submitted a report on the contempt of court against the news portal. In response to the contempt of court case on April 29, a division bench of justices Nahakul Subedi and Tek Prasad Dhungana ordered the online media to omit the defamatory new story within 24 hours. The top court ordered online's executive editor Navin Dhungana and publishers Yuvawaj Kandel and Raj Kumar Timalsina who recorded their statement on the preliminary hearing on the contempt of court case to appear on date. The court also ordered that the original devise used by Raj Kumar Timalsina to record the disputed content and the email sent by Timalsina to Surendra Kafle be made available to the court by Raj Kumar Timalsina himself within seven days. The next hearing on the case is scheduled for May 17. Source: National News Agency RSS
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