Supreme Court annuls govt’s tax plea

KATHMANDU, June 16: The Supreme Court has annulled the application filed by the government seeking to vacate the apex court’s interim order calling on the government to make arrangements for paying tax within 30 days of the easing of the lockdown.

A joint bench comprising Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana issued this order on Monday. The Office of the Attorney General had filed the vacate application last Friday.