Supreme Court Postpones Hearing on Petition Against House Dissolution Until Day After Elections

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has set the general hearing date for the writ petition against the dissolution of the House of Representatives for the day after the elections on Falgun 21, which is Falgun 22. Advocate Kritinath Sharma Poudel, one of the petitioners, informed that the general date has been set for Falgun 22, the day after the election.

On Kartik 12, the Constitutional Bench, hearing 16 writ petitions against the dissolution of parliament, had ordered the submission of a written response within seven days, excluding travel time.

Subsequently, Members of Parliament from CPN-UML and Nepali Congress filed separate writs. Written responses were sought in those writs. Although written responses have been submitted by the respondents in all writs, the Supreme Court has only given a general date. Only preliminary hearings have taken place during this period. It is still undecided when further hearings will take place.

The writ demands that the President's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and the appointment of the current Prime Minister Sushila Karki as unconstitutional be nullified.