The Nepal Weekly 
September 23, 2025Supreme Court Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut has made it clear that the apex court has not issued order to ban social media sites. “The Supreme Court has not ordered the government to shut down social media sites,” CJ Raut said talking to media in Kathmandu on Saturday.
The apex court had urged the government “to regularize the social media sites through formulating necessary laws which is a normal international practice,” he clarified. The court has never asked the government to ban the social media sites, he pointed out.
However, the K.P. Oli led government had banned 26 social media sites citing the Supreme Court’s order, that sparked protests from the Gen Z group on September 8.
Meanwhile, the Gen Z group has demanded arrest of deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Chhabi Rijal on charges of ordering shoot out targeting the students, who protested at Naya Baneshwor of Kathmandu during GenZ protests on September 8.
During a press meet held at Sambad Dabali in Kathmandu on Saturday, advisor to Gen Z, Dr. Nicholas Bushal said, former PM and CPN-UML chairman Oli, Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak and CDO Rijal should be immediately arrested as they were directly responsible for the shoot out in which 19 Gen Z activists were killed and altogether 72 people killed in the subsequent incidents.
Gen Z advisor Bhushal also demanded the formation of a high-level probe commission to investigate the wealth of all high-ranking leaders and government officials since 1990.
