Kathmandu Nepal’s Supreme Court on Thursday commenced a preliminary hearing on petitions against the unconstitutional dissolution of the House of Representatives and rejecting the claim of Leader of Opposition Sher Bahadur Deuba by the President for the post of Prime Minister. According to the Kathmandu Post report, more than 30 petitions, including one, have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the dissolution of the House on Friday.
Please tell that President Vidya Devi Bhandari on Saturday issued an order to dissolve the House of Representatives for the second time in five months. He announced a mid-term election in November on the advice of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is heading a minority government.
He dismissed the claims of Prime Minister Oli and the opposition coalition to form the government. Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba had separately met the Prime Minister and claimed to form the government. Nepal’s opposition coalition filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Monday demanding the resumption of the House of Representatives and the appointment of Deuba as Prime Minister. Others also petitioned to dissolve the House of Representatives.
A single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Sumsher Rana is holding preliminary hearing on 19 petitions seeking interim order against dissolution of the house. The hearing on the remaining 11 petitions filed in the Constitutional Bench will begin from Friday. The constitutional bench is headed by Chief Justice Rana.
Earlier on 20 December, the President dissolved the Parliament and announced to hold mid-term elections on 30 April and 10 May. However, two months later on 23 February, a constitutional bench headed by Rana overturned the verdict and reinstated the House. Constitution experts have criticized Oli and Bhandari’s complicity in trampling the constitution.
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