Judiciary: Applause and then controversy and crisis

2021 has been the worst year in the history of the judiciary because it was embroiled in the ugliness of individual greed and the vested interests of its stakeholders.

On February 23, the five-member Constitutional Bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, the Supreme Court reinstated the Parliament dissolved earlier by the KP Sharma Oli government on December 20, 2020, earning widespread accolades.