Added At: 2010-12-15 11:44 PM
Last Updated At: 2010-12-16 11:44 PM
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court today demanding annulment of the rules that make it mandatory for Nepali participants at any official ceremony to stick to a dress code.
Advocate Sunil Ranjan Singh sought the apex court intervention to annul Rule 38 of the Honour Rules 2009 and the notice of the Home Ministry published on Nepal Gazette on October 22, which ‘compel people of a multi-lingual, multi ethnic and multicultural nation to wear particular dresses in an official ceremony.
Going by the notice, the national dress means any style of Nepali blouse, saree and shoes for women and Daura, Suruwal, Nepali cap and coat for men, according to the petitioner. Stating that the ministry has made the dress code compulsory for Nepali Army, civil servants, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and commoners attending such a ceremony, the advocate demanded that the apex court order scrap the code as it is against Article 3 and 17 (3) of the Interim Constitution of Nepal.
The petitioner has has sought an apex court order to the ministry and the Council of Ministers to allow people to wear dresses that go with their culture and tradition.
Advocate Sunil Ranjan Singh sought the apex court intervention to annul Rule 38 of the Honour Rules 2009 and the notice of the Home Ministry published on Nepal Gazette on October 22, which ‘compel people of a multi-lingual, multi ethnic and multicultural nation to wear particular dresses in an official ceremony.
Going by the notice, the national dress means any style of Nepali blouse, saree and shoes for women and Daura, Suruwal, Nepali cap and coat for men, according to the petitioner. Stating that the ministry has made the dress code compulsory for Nepali Army, civil servants, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and commoners attending such a ceremony, the advocate demanded that the apex court order scrap the code as it is against Article 3 and 17 (3) of the Interim Constitution of Nepal.
The petitioner has has sought an apex court order to the ministry and the Council of Ministers to allow people to wear dresses that go with their culture and tradition.
Writ filed against national dress code
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KATHMANDU, DEC 15 -
A writ was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday demanding that the court scrap a Cabinet decision that made wearing the Daura Suruwal—the national dress—compulsory for officials in Nepal Police, Nepal Army and other government offices while attending national conferences. The writ filed by advocate Sunil Ranjan Singh argued that a notice published by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Oct. 22 that made the national dress mandatory was an attack on the multi-cultural society. It said the decision was against the spirit of the Interim Constitution which defines the country as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious society.
A writ was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday demanding that the court scrap a Cabinet decision that made wearing the Daura Suruwal—the national dress—compulsory for officials in Nepal Police, Nepal Army and other government offices while attending national conferences. The writ filed by advocate Sunil Ranjan Singh argued that a notice published by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Oct. 22 that made the national dress mandatory was an attack on the multi-cultural society. It said the decision was against the spirit of the Interim Constitution which defines the country as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious society.
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