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Supreme Court to hear 12 cases out of 13 today



KATHMANDU: Supreme Court (SC) is conducting a preliminary hearing on the cases filed against the parliament dissolution at the court on Wednesday.

A single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana will hear 12 cases out of 13 filed at the apex court today, said Baburam Dahal of the Litigation Department of the SC.

The remaining one writ petition registered on the constitutional bench is scheduled for Friday.

One of the writ petitions being heard today has been filed by four lawmakers. They are Dev Gurung, Krishan Bhakta Pokharel, Shashi Shrestha and Ram Kumari Jhankri.

In the writ petition, they have argued that the parliament dissolution has violated the fundamental rights to serve the people for a five-year term.

Publish Date : 23 December 2020 08:02 AM

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