The hearing on the case filed at the Supreme Court demanding reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) continued for the eighth consecutive day today.
The hearing was adjourned today and will continue tomorrow.
The constitutional bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and judges — Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha, Anil Kumar Sinha, Sapana Malla and Tej Bahadur KC — have been hearing the case on the main issue since January 17.
Today, senior advocate Shambhu Thapa and advocate Meghraj Pokharel presented their arguments in favour of the writ petitioners.
On the occasion, Thapa argued that the Constitution of Nepal has no provision of dissolving the House of Representatives. Taking part in the hearing on behalf of HoR members — Dev Prasad Gurung, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, Ram Kumari Jhakri and Shashi Shrestha — Thapa said that the announcement of HoR dissolution was against the Constitution.
Similarly, advocate Pokharel mentioned that there was no constitutional basis to dissolve the HoR.
So far, a total of 43 advocates have taken part in the hearing on behalf of the writ petitioners.
Source: RSS
