The Supreme Court, which was to decide today whether or not the two constitutional bench justices – Tej Bahadur KC and Bam Kumar Shrestha – should recuse themselves from the House of Representatives dissolution case, could not do so due to differences among justices on the roster for the constitutional bench.
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Tuesday agreed to form a Constitutional Bench on the basis of seniority of the judges to hear a bunch of petitions challenging the dissolution of the House of Representatives, after differences among justices led to the postponement of the hearing. In a meeting with the representatives of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, who leads the five-member Constitutional Bench, said he would amend the regulation for the functioning of the apex court, The Himalayan Times newspaper reported. The amendment of the regulation, which has been proposed to be carried out within a week as agreed upon by both sides, would be endorsed by the full court, it said.
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Kathmandu, Dec. 26 Indications are that it will be a while before the Supreme Court will give a verdict on the constitutionality of the KP Sharma Oli government s Sunday move of dissolving the House of Representatives.
A hearing on 13 writs against President Bidya Devi Bhandari s dissolution of the House on the recommendation of the Oli Cabinet began on Friday, but the next hearing is scheduled for January 6.
The Constitutional Bench ended Friday s hearing after listening to opening remarks of a handful of lawyers and making four significant orders. These include a show cause notice against the Office of the President and the government demanding a written justification for their move to dissolve the House.