KATHMANDU: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has started hearing the writ petitions filed against the government’s move to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR).
The SC has formed a five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumsher Rana for hearing the writs.
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 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, advocates had raised questions over the formation of the Constitutional Bench arguing that the formation of the Constitutional Bench is not in line with the provision of 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.
It may be noted that President Bidya Bhandari had dissolved the HoR on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on December 20.
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