Wrong Move
The Himalayan Times
5 May 2016
Wrong Move
It seems that the decision of Commission
for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for detaining Sajha Yatayat
Chairperson Kanak Mani Dixit on the charge of amassing property of Sajha
Yatayat was not in accordance with the established rules and regulation of Nepal. Also the Special Court’s earlier order to detain Dixit for
further investigation seems to be flawed. Otherwise,
why should he be asked by the Supreme Court (SC) to immediately release him
from the detention? If he was involved in any wrongdoings based on the black
and white proof of CIAA, then the decision of the Special Court to detain him should not be over-ruled by
the Supreme Court.
It is not the first such case of
contradicting decisions of the Supreme Court and the Special Court. There were other corruption cases also in
the past which were reversed by the Supreme Court. It is difficult to
understand by the common people as to why a court gives permission to CIAA for
putting the people behind bars for further investigation and the other court
asks it to immediately release him. Is it the CIAA who, without having
sufficient proofs, detains the person accusing him of corruption? Or, is it the
judge or the lawyers who interpret the same clause of the law in their own
ways? Otherwise, what could be the reasons for making different decisions by
different courts for the same case?
The recent detention of Kanak Manik Dixit also
raises the concerns and competencies of the CIAA. As claimed by him, was it
really the CIAA Chief’s acts of revenge? Was the CIAA in a hurry to defame
Dixit for nothing? Was he not involved in corruptions as claimed by the CIAA?
If so, he should cooperate with the CIAA to investigate into details of his
wealth and property in the days to come to prove his innocent. Simply blaming
the CIAA would not help him clean his once tainted image.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj.
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