CJ Rana forwards 19 writ petitions to Constitutional Bench
Ratopati
May 27, 2021
KATHMANDU, May 27: Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumsher JBR has issued an order to forward the 19 writ petitions, which have been registered at the Supreme Court (SC), demanding the restoration of the House of Representatives (HoR).
Hearing the petitions on Thursday afternoon, a single-bench CJ Rana decided to forward them to the Constitutional Bench. The CJ-led five-member bench will begin hearing over the 30 writ petitions (including 11 others) starting Friday.
The petitioners have demanded the apex court restore the ‘unconstitutionally’ dissolved parliament.
Advocates Bir Bhadra Joshi, Badri Bhatta, Lokendra Oli and Dinesh Tripathi pleaded against the May 22 dissolution of the 275-member lower house of parliament, on Thursday.
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