Kathmandu, May 15 -- Within a week, the Supreme Court issued orders suspending three major decisions of the Balendra Shah-led government, obstructing the implementation of key priorities it had set.

On Monday, the court stopped the implementation of a pair of decisions that had been presented as key reform measures in the government's '100-point action plan'. One order suspended the government's move to abolish trade unions of civil servants, while another blocked its decision to ban student unions in universities and colleges. Although the rulings are temporary, they prevent the government from enforcing the decisions until further hearings are completed.

Earlier, on May 8, the Supreme Court had also ordered the government not to forci...