Lawyers ratchet up protest. Judges in bid to find a middle path out of court row

With Chief Justice Rana refusing to relent, justices are under pressure as hearings have been affected for three weeks. Nepal Bar calls on judges to not hear cases.

When Nepal Supreme Court justices launched their protest on October 25 demanding reforms in the judiciary, they appeared to be pretty confident that it was a matter of days before Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana resigned. As the Supreme Court Bar Association and Nepal Bar Association also upped the ante, Rana was gradually being driven into a corner .