Saturday, September 6, 2025
  • GMC
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo

Judiciary confirms immediate removal of two High Court Judges

September 19, 2023
in Crime/Legal, Other Stories
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
0
SHARES
91
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Judiciary has confirmed the immediate removal of two High Court judges, Pema Rinzin and Tshering Dorji, who were involved in a case of deliberate miscarriage of justice. According to the Supreme Court’s news release issued today, the dishonest actions by the two justices led to the High Court overturning the Thimphu District Court’s judgment that sentenced defendants Thinlay Norbu and Tandin Penjor to five years in prison.

In August this year, the Judiciary suspended the two justices for overturning a judgment on a drug smuggling and possession case.

The issue came into the limelight after the Judiciary received complaints of collusion.

The Supreme Court news release states that the two justices willfully ignored crucial evidence against one of the defendants, Thinlay Norbu.

The justices disregarded the statements by Tandin Penjor, Kinlay Lhendrup, and Jigme Samdrup regarding the supply of SP+ capsules and tablets, and bank transactions among others were ignored.

The news release states that despite the evidence, the justices altered the charge of “illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances” to a lesser charge of “offence of substance abuse” as defendant Thinlay Norbu tested positive for SP+.

The justices also initiated trials to divide the 44 capsules of SP+ among four individuals to reduce the sentencing from felony to a misdemeanour.

According to the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse Act defendants are not guilty of a felony offence, if the possession of drugs is less than 20 capsules.

According to the news release, these dishonest actions of the justices emerged in a close association with the former Attorney General, Lungten Dubgyur, and the father of one of the defendants.

In an earlier news release, the Supreme Court stated that although the Office of the Attorney General normally appeals against such total reversal of judgments, the office did not appeal to the Supreme Court in this particular case.

The Attorney General was removed from office, recently.

As the AG and the two justices were removed from office, they will not be entitled to retirement benefits as per the Entitlement and Service Conditions Act for the Holders, Members and Commissioners of Constitutional Offices of Bhutan, 2010. Meanwhile, the news release also states that there is no scope for further investigation or legal proceedings regarding the case.

Kinzang Lhadon

Edited by Sherub Dorji

Previous Post

Bhutanese judokas leave for China to make Asian Games debut

Next Post

Sarpang closes offices temporarily on Fridays for beautification and cleaning works 

Next Post
Sarpang closes offices temporarily on Fridays for beautification and cleaning works 

Sarpang closes offices temporarily on Fridays for beautification and cleaning works 

Khangma farmers grapple with low cardamom yield – Pema Gatshel

Khangma farmers grapple with low cardamom yield – Pema Gatshel

Community Gene Bank grapples with closure

Community Gene Bank grapples with closure

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Bhutan all set to host first-ever South Asian Cross Country Championship

Bhutan all set to host first-ever South Asian Cross Country Championship

7 years ago
4
Gelephu Thromde moves orange export depot to state land, reducing costs for exporters

Gelephu Thromde moves orange export depot to state land, reducing costs for exporters

9 months ago
619
BNB launches foreign currency exchange counter at Paro airport

BNB launches foreign currency exchange counter at Paro airport

2 years ago
109
Turning passion into profit: Pema Gatshel man crafts future for traditional archery

Turning passion into profit: Pema Gatshel man crafts future for traditional archery

9 months ago
1.7k

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (15)
  • Agriculture (495)
  • Announcement (195)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (777)
  • Crime/Legal (384)
  • Culture (54)
  • Development (59)
  • Disaster (58)
  • Economy (307)
  • Education (444)
  • Entertainment (20)
  • Environment (80)
  • Feature (66)
  • Featured (9)
  • Festival (85)
  • GMC (22)
  • Headlines (33)
  • Health (660)
  • HYDROPOWER (2)
  • Legal (62)
  • Literature (10)
  • Livestock (82)
  • Media (27)
  • Other Stories (5,935)
  • Politics (422)
  • RCSC (3)
  • Recent stories (17)
  • Religion (47)
  • Sci/Tech (727)
  • Social (629)
  • Sports (485)
  • Technology (202)
  • Tourism (25)
  • Uncategorized (13,874)
  • Video (142)
  • Video Story (258)
  • Wildlife (43)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Authorities link 23 TikTok accounts to online shopping-based gambling, freeze 26 other bank accounts

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Trongsa Viewpoint Resort up for auction once again

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fab Lab delivers locally made assistive technology to MoESD
  • Yungichhu Hydropower Project expected to commission by year end
  • Tsirang DT reiterates call for dialysis machine at Damphu Hospital
  • Tea growers in Trongsa struggle to meet rising international and domestic orders
  • Labour Department begins inspections to ensure quality and curb illegal recruitment in construction sector

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • HYDROPOWER
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • GMC
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.