Writ regarding Citizenship Bill in Justices Raut and Mathema’s joint bench

KATHMANDU, June 9: The writ petition that was filed that said, the Citizenship Bill was against the Constitution, will be heard by a joint bench of Justices Prakashman Singh Raut and Sushmalata Mathema. Hearing to discuss the interim order has been scheduled for Friday.

Senior Advocate Surendra Bhandari and Advocate Balkrishna Neupane filed a petition asking the Supreme Court not to implement the Citizenship Bill authenticated by President Ramchandra Poudel, saying it was against the spirit of the Constitution.

On the writ registered on June 2, the single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma issued a short-term interim order and called for a discussion of the interim order on June 4. Issuing a show-cause order in the name of the government and calling for a short-term interim order and its discussion, the writ was filed again on Friday. The writ petitioners have claimed that the president's act of authentication of the defunct bill was against the constitution.