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Amid political turmoil, Nepal’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, 24 February ordered the reinstatement of the country’s Parliament, which was dissolved by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in December last year, following infighting within the government.
The court ordered that a meeting of the reinstated Parliament must be called within 13 days.
The order came after multiple cases were filed in the Supreme Court that Oli’s decision to dissolve the Parliament in December 2020 was ‘unilateral and unconstitutional’.
WHY IS THIS BAD NEWS FOR OLI?
The order comes as a blow to Oli’s decision of dissolution of the Parliament, as he does not have a majority in a reinstated House, according to
Story highlights The Prime Minister will face the House of Representatives to implement the verdict but will not tender his resignation as of now, Thapa was quoted as saying by The Himalayan Times.
Nepal s embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will not resign but face a floor test in parliament instead, an associate said on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court rejected his decision to dissolve the legislature and call early elections.
In a landmark ruling, a five-member constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher on Tuesday annulled the Oli government s unconstitutional decision to dissolve the 275-member lower house of Parliament. The court also ordered the government to summon the House session within the next 13 days.
South Asia News: Political turmoil has rocked the Himalayan nation since last December, when Oli suddenly dissolved parliament and announced the elections, blaming rul
In a major setback to KP Sharma Oli, Nepal's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the Prime Minister's Dec 20 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives