Nepal, May 13 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a show cause order in response to a challenge against the eligibility of outgoing Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari, appointed to the government-formed Governor Recommendation Committee.

A single bench of justice Binod Sharma issued the show cause order.

Advocate Nabin Dhital filed the writ petition on May 11, arguing that the government's appointment of Adhikari to the three-member recommendation committee was unlawful. The petition asserts that any recommendations made by the committee with Adhikari's involvement would be illegal.

The petition claims that the government acted illegally by appointing Adhikari as a former governor to the recommendation committee while he was still in offic...