KATHMANDU: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear 13 writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Friday.
Hearing the 12 writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the HoR on Wednesday, a single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana referred all cases to the Constitutional Bench without issuing a stay order on the government’s decision on HoR dissolution.
According to the source, Chief Justice Rana had said that these issues should be referred to the Constitutional Bench since these issues are related to the Constitution.
The writs were registered at the Supreme Court against the decision naming the Office of the President, Office of the Prime Minster and the Council of Ministers and House Speaker as defendants.
Advocate Prabesh KC had registered a writ on Tuesday on behalf of the members of dissolved House of Representatives including Dev Prasad Gurung, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, Shashi Shrestha and Ram Kuamri Jhankri while other legal practitioners also challenged the executive’s move at the apex court.
The writs registered so far to this effect have demanded revoking all the decisions and actions carried out in regard to the dissolution of the HoR as per the Article 133 (2 and 3) of the Nepal Constitution.
It may be noted that President Bidya Bhandari had dissolved the HoR at the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Twelve out of 13 writs challenging the decision on HoR dissolution had been registered on the general bench. The hearing on the writs had began from Wednesday.
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