20 ministers relieved as Supreme Court annuls Cabinet expansion by caretaker PM Oli
Ratopati
June 22, 2021
KATHMANDU, June 22: The Supreme Court has passed an order to annul the expansion of Cabinet by KP Sharma Oli in his capacity as the caretaker prime minister.
A division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana , on Tuesday, ordered that the twenty ministers including 11 those from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) be relieved of their positions as Cabinet members
Nine individuals including senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi had filed writ petitions against the expansion.
A single bench of Justice Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, June 8, asked the defendants including the Office of President and Prime Minister Oli to furnish separate written responses within 15 days.
See the order below:
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