Chief Justice impeachment demanded

Verdict to commute a wife murderer’s sentence erodes people’s trust in judiciary, legal practitioners say.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to commute the prison sentence handed to Ranjan Koirala, a former deputy inspector general of Armed Police Force, convicted for the murder of his wife, has triggered an outcry among people from various walks of life demanding the impeachment of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana.