KATHMANDU, April 24 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a short-term interim order in the name of the government and Tribhuvan University (TU) not to take any action against Narayan Khanal, the chief legal advisor of TU.

SC Justice Til Prasad Shrestha's bench issued the order not to take any action against legal advisor Khanal for the time being and called both the plaintiff and the defendants to appear in the court for discussions.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Education published the report of the Medical Education Probe Commission (MEPC) and directed action against those whose names were included in it.

Khanal, TU's legal advisor, approached the SC saying that action was recommended against him without evidence or reason. After t...