Kathmandu, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court has ordered the Sushila Karki administration not to implement its decision to grant tax exemptions to the Dolma Impact Fund, contending that the move is prima facie inconsistent with the Income Tax Act 2002 and the Treaty Act 1990.

A division bench of justices Mahesh Sharma Poudel and Bal Krishna Dhakal continued its last month's interlocutory order after hearing the claims and counterclaims from the plaintiffs and defendants. Responding to a writ petition by Bhesh Raj Luitel, a lawyer, a single bench of justice Poudel, on January 8, had issued the short-term order, which got a continuation on Thursday.

The Post on November 5 carried an exclusive story exposing how the interim government, flouting...