A petition has been filed at the Supreme Court claiming that recent remarks by Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah amounted to contempt of court.

The application by advocate Barsha Kumari Jha has been assigned to a single bench of Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana.

On Thursday, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah had said he will not abide by the ruling of the Patan High Court that ordered the authorities not to bar the screening of Hindi movies in Kathmandu.

The court had issued an interlocutory order asking the authorities not to intervene in the screening of any movie cleared by the censor board in Nepal.

Shah had not only vented his ire against the court’s decision but also went on to say that the court and the government had become ‘slaves’ to the southern neighbour India.

Also the mayors of Pokhara Metropolitan City and Dharan Sub-metropolitan City followed suit. Later, the screening of the movie was stalled nationwide, citing the issue of law and order.

Article 126(2) states that the Supreme Court may initiate proceedings of contempt and impose punishment in case someone obstructs the dispensation of justice or disregards any order or judgement handed down by it or any of its subordinate courts.