CJ Rana picks these justices for Constitutional Bench

KATHMANDU, May 28: Chief Justice Cholendra Shusmer JBR has formed a five-member Constitutional Bench under his leadership to hear on the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR). 

The members of the Constitutional Bench include the justices Dipak Kumar Karki, Dr Aanand Mohan Bhattarai, Tej Bahadur KC and Bam Kumar Shrestha. 

Hearing on the writ petitions against the ‘unconstitutional’ dissolution of the House of Representatives at the Chief Justice-led Constitutional Bench is scheduled to begin from Friday. 

Of the 30 petitions registered at the Supreme Court (SC), 19 were heard at a single-bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR on Thursday. All of them have also been forwarded to the Constitutional Bench. Writ petitioners have demanded the SC issue an interim order to restore parliament. Friday’s bench will decide whether or not to issue the interim order as sought by the petitioners. 

President Bidya Devi Bhandari, upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, dissolved parliament on May 22 as per Article 76 (7) of the Constitution of Nepal.