All the writ petitions that had been filed at the Supreme Court against the dissolution of the House of Representatives have been transferred to the constitutional bench. The decision to do was taken by the court today.
The single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana while hearing 19 such writs today decided to assign the writs to the constitutional bench. Prior to this 11 writ petitions against the House dissolution have already been registered to be heard by the constitutional bench.
The constitutional bench will be hearing the writ petitions on Friday.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, on the recommendation of the government, had dissolved the House of Representatives and announced the dates for mid-term elections on May 22. She had cited that the claims made by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also chairperson of CPN UML, and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to form the government as per Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal did not hold sufficient ground to confirm that they would win the vote of confidence in the Parliament.
Meanwhile, 146 lawmakers of the now-dissolved House of Representatives have also filed a writ at the Supreme Court stating that the president’s rejection of Deuba’s claim even when he had the majority and dissolving the House was unconstitutional.
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