Sanjeeb Phuyal is the Nepali Editor of Newschecker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He brings over a decade of experience writing and editing news. In his previous stint, he worked as online editor for The Kathmandu Post. With the growth of social media platforms—and the ever-growing competition amongst media outlets to churn out breaking news, he feels that fact-checking every piece of information has become more essential today than ever before.
Claim
The Supreme Court has ordered to reinstate Kulman Ghising as Nepal Electricity Authority chief.
Fact
No, the viral claim is false.
A video claiming that the Supreme Court has reinstated Kulman Ghising as the executive director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is going viral on TikTok.
Earlier on March 24, a Cabinet meeting removed Ghising from the NEA executive director post. Ghising had been at the center of controversy in recent months over the issue of covering dues worth billions of rupees from industrialists for using dedicated power supply in the past.
Two days after the government sacked him as NEA executive director, Ghising challenged the decision at the Supreme Court.
Against this backdrop, TikTok user @khagen_sireng posted a video showing a college of Nepal’s Supreme Court and sacked NEA chief Kulman Ghising. Text superimposed on the video reads, “Supreme Court has directed to reinstate Kulman Ghising. He will be reappointed to Nepal Electricity Authority tomorrow. Congratulations.”
The video posted on March 30 has garnered 38.1k likes, and 409 people have shared it.
The archived version of the TikTok video can be seen here.
Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.
Fact Check /Verification
To check the veracity of the claim, Newschecker ran a keyword search on Google for the latest news regarding the writ petition lodged by Ghising. The search threw up several news reports regarding the Supreme Court’s verdict on the writ seeking reinstatement of sacked NEA chief Kulman Ghising.
On checking a news report, dated April 3, published on Deshsanchar online, we found that the Supreme Court refused to issue an interim order against the government decision to sack Kulman Ghising as NEA chief and appoint Hitendra Shakya to replace him.
Further, we found another article, dated April 3, published on Setopati online. The article read that Hitendra Dev Shakya can continue working as the NEA’s managing director as the apex court denied interim order in favour of Kulman Ghising.
We also checked another article, dated April 3, published on Nepal News online which also reported that the Supreme Court on Thursday declined to issue an interim order reinstating former NEA chief Kulman Ghising, following a three-day hearing.Thus, our findings clearly showed that the apex court has refused to reinstate Kulman Ghising as NEA chief and paved the way for Shakya to continue as NEA chief.
Conclusion
No, the Supreme Court has not ordered to reinstate Kulman Ghising. The viral claim is false.
Result: False
Sources
Deshsanchar.com, April 3, 2025
Setopati , April 3, 2025
Nepal News, April 3, 2025
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Sanjeeb Phuyal is the Nepali Editor of Newschecker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He brings over a decade of experience writing and editing news. In his previous stint, he worked as online editor for The Kathmandu Post. With the growth of social media platforms—and the ever-growing competition amongst media outlets to churn out breaking news, he feels that fact-checking every piece of information has become more essential today than ever before.
