Kaski. The Pokhara High Court has given a short-term order to allow Lakeside, the tourist area of Pokhara,
to be opened for 24 hours.
A single bench of High Permanent Chief Justice Rajan Prasad Bhattarai has today issued an interim order to
District Administration Office Kaski to allow business operations in Lakeside to continue.
Earlier, Devikumari Baral, a local woman, had filed a petition in the court with a demand not to stop busines
operations. Bishwanath Aryal, Deputy Registrar and Information Officer of the court, informed that after the
debate on the writ petition given by Baral, until the court makes a final decision, the bench has ordered not
to stop or stop the business, except in cases where there is an act against the law.
According to Aryal, an interim order has been issued in the name of the respondent in accordance with the High
Court Rules, Rule 42 of 2073 and Section 158 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 2074 to prevent the petitioner
from doing business according to the law.
If the court does not have to issue the order as requested by the petition, it has requested the opponent to
submit a written response through the High Public Prosecutor's Office Pokhara within 15 days from the date
of the notice of deadline with grounds, reasons and evidence.
In the writ petition, the committee claimed that in point number 25 of the Home Administration Reform Action
Plan 2074, there is a provision that necessary security arrangements will be made in areas with high traffic
of tourists such as Thamel, Darbar Marg, Lakeside of Pokhara so that the market will be open 24 hours a day.
Earlier, senior advocate Mohannath Koirala, advocate Traya Shivraj Wagle, Deepak Parajuli and Dinesh Acharya
had argued on behalf of the writ petitioner.