KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) did not take up the writ petition filed by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba against Nepali Congress president Gagan Thapa on Sunday.
The petition, challenging Thapa’s recognition by the Election Commission following the party’s special general convention, remains pending as the same bench handled other election-related cases.
The hearing had been scheduled before a Supreme Court bench of Justices Binod Sharma and Meghraj Pokharel, but it was not taken up. This bench is also hearing a writ filed by Dhanusha-1 MP Kisori Sah against the Election Commission (EC).
Deuba had filed the petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the EC’s decision to recognize Thapa as the party president. Earlier, the day of House of Representatives candidature registration, a single bench of Justice Sunil Kumar Pokharel issued a show-cause order and granted priority to Deuba’s petition. However, after the bench refused to issue an interim order against Thapa, Thapa went ahead and distributed MP tickets.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, a Central Committee meeting to select proportional representation MPs is being held at the Congress Party office in Sanepa, chaired by Thapa.
Notably, some leaders who later filed the writ petition at the Supreme Court had themselves contested the election with tickets issued and signed by Thapa.
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