KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) has formed a five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shamsher Rana for hearing the writs filed against the dissolution of House of Representatives (HoR).
The Constitutional Bench has Justices Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha, Hari Krishna Karki, Anil Kumar Sinha and Tej Bahadur KC as members.
The Bench will hear 13 writ petitions filed at the apex court against the HoR dissolution from today. It will give a final verdict on the issue whether the HoR dissolution was in line with the constitution or not.
CJ Rana has picked Justices for the Constitutional Bench in random, not based on seniority.
Earlier on Wednesday, 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.
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. There are a total of 13 writ petitions registered on the Constitutional Bench.
It may be noted that President Bidya Bhandari had dissolved the HoR on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
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