KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear on January 6 on the writ petition relating to the dispute over Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s eligibility to become the member of House of Representatives.
Hearing on the writ filed by advocate Rabiraj Basoula and others, the Tuesday’s Constitutional Bench decided to call both sides for next hearing.
The Constitutional Bench comprising the Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, and Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Anand Mohan Bhattarai, Anil Kumar Sinha and Prakashman Singh Raut directed to call both sides on January 6 for hearing so that the court could conclude whether to issue the interim order as demanded by the writ petitioners.
Lawyers from both sides will debate whether Lamichhane is eligible to be a parliamentarian with the citizenship related dispute still unsettled.
The writ petitioners have demanded to revoke both the post of lawmaker and Chairman of chairmanship of a political party as he has not deactivated his US Citizenship.
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