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SC
issues notice on British Gurkha deployment
The
Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the Prime
Minister’s Office and the government asking why the British government
was sending British Gurkhas to Singapore and Brunei after recruiting
them in the British army.
Following
a hearing on public interest litigation (PIL), a single bench of justice
Badri Kumar Basnet issued the show cause notices. The apex court
moreover, directed the Foreign Ministry, and the Ministry of Law Justice
and Parliamentary Affairs to clarify the issue.
Advocate
Om Prakash Sharma had filed a writ petition in the SC alleging the
British government for ‘illegally sending the British Gurkhas
recruited in the British army to other countries. The tripartite treaty
between Nepal, India and Britain regarding the recruitment does not
allow the British government to send British Gurkhas to serve in other
countries than Great Britain.
Similarly,
the same bench issued another notice to the PMO and Ministry of foreign
Affairs (MoFA) in response to a writ petition filed by Gurkha Army
Ex-Servicemen’s Organization (GAESO). The GAESO on Tuesday had filed a
writ petition at the SC seeking an order to the PMO and MoFA, to make
their stance regarding the GAESO’s demand public on whether ex-Gurkhas
should receive equal pension as their British counterpart.
GAESO
President Padam Bahadur Gurung and Secretary Mahendra Lal Rai had filed
the petition. nepalnews.com pd Dec 30 04
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