KATHMANDU: International watchdog organizations have leveled severe accusations against Nepal’s government, alleging that ruling authorities are wielding coercive impeachment threats and forced resignation pressure to undermine the independence of the nation’s top bench.

In a joint statement released Thursday, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists alleged that senior Supreme Court justices face politically motivated intimidation designed to alter the court’s composition ahead of major constitutional rulings.

Pointing to controversial ordinance changes and bypassed seniority norms in judicial appointments, the groups claimed the state is actively orchestrating a campaign of political interference to muzzle judicial oversight.