Supreme Court to Hear Case on Election Commission's Decision Granting Legitimacy to Gagan Thapa Faction in Nepali Congress

The case filed at the Supreme Court by the faction led by former President Sher Bahadur Deuba against the Election Commission's decision to grant official recognition to the Gagan Thapa faction has been scheduled for hearing.

The hearing has been scheduled in the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Binod Sharma and Meghraj Pokharel. The case is listed as number 22 in the cause list.

A dispute over official recognition arose within the Nepali Congress after the Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma faction called a special general convention and elected a new working committee. The writ petition was filed in court by the then acting president Purna Bahadur Khadka.

The writ petition, filed by Shrawan Kumar Shrestha on behalf of Congress leader Deuba and Purna Bahadur Khadka's representatives, demands the nullification of the Election Commission's decision and the dissolution of the newly elected working committee, claiming it is illegal.

The Deuba faction has consistently rejected the special general convention, arguing that there is no justification for it when the date for the regular general convention has already been set.