Kathmandu, Feb. 2 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that publishing candidates' citizenship numbers while releasing driving licence examination results is unlawful.

A division bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Meghraj Pokharel on Sunday issued a mandamus order in the name of the Department of Transport Management. The court said making citizenship numbers public in written and practical driving test results violates the law. The full text of the verdict is yet to be issued.

The ruling followed a writ petition filed by law student Bibek Chaudhary, who argued that publishing citizenship numbers infringes citizens' right to privacy. He had named the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Department of Transport Manageme...