Supreme Court Petition Challenges Cabinet Decision Recommending Home Minister Aryal for National Assembly Seat

Kathmandu. A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court questioning the legality of the cabinet's decision to recommend Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal for a seat in the National Assembly.

Advocate Manish Kumar Shrestha filed the writ demanding the nullification of the government's decision, naming Prime Minister Sushila Karki, the Office of the Council of Ministers, and Home Minister Aryal as respondents. Supreme Court Spokesperson Arjun Prasad Koirala informed that the writ filed by Advocate Shrestha will be heard by a constitutional bench. The hearing for the writ has been scheduled for the upcoming Chaitra 25.

The writ asserts that the recommendation violates Article 87 (1) (e) of the Constitution of Nepal, which requires that a member of the Federal Parliament must not hold any office of profit. Furthermore, the writ claims that Aryal, who was previously an advocate for a 'cooling-off period' for appointments, was involved in the decision regarding his own recommendation, raising questions of 'conflict of interest' and ethics in the decision.