In an unprecedented event which will live in the annals of Nepal’s judicial history, four former Chief Justices, known for their highest level of conduct and integrity, went to the Supreme Court on February 15 andsubmitted written response reasserting freedom of expression matters in a democracy, reports Kathmandu Post. The four former Chief Justices–Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Kalyan Shrestha, Sushila Karki and Anup Raj Sharma–were responding to an order in which they were asked to reply over contempt of court charges for their January 8 statement on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s House dissolution move. All four justices have said that in issuing the statement, they were exercising their freedom of speech right guaranteed by the constitution. The four former Chief Justices reiterated what they said in their press statement–that Prime Minister Oli’s move of dissolving the House is unconstitutional and they were using their constitutionally guaranteed right of free speech in saying so.