The Patan High Court has invalidated the commodity-based membership of 18 organizations affiliated with the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), stating that their inclusion contravened the federation’s statute. The ruling was issued by a joint bench of Judges Chandrabahadur Saru and Gopal Prasad Bastola in response to a writ petition filed by former FNCCI Vice President Kishore Pradhan. The court determined that the FNCCI Executive Committee’s decision on Falgun 26, 2081, to grant membership to 19 commodity associations went against the recommendations of the federation’s Membership Committee. Only Forum Health and Technical Science was permitted to retain its membership status.
