Supreme Court to Hear Case of Former Karnali Chief Minister Rajkumar Sharma

Kathmandu. The case of Karnali Provincial Assembly member and former Chief Minister Rajkumar Sharma is being heard at the Supreme Court. A joint bench of Justices Abdul Aziz Musalman and Nripadhwaj Niraula is presiding over the hearing to determine whether Sharma's parliamentary seat will be maintained.

Sharma, who was elected as a provincial assembly member from the then CPN (Maoist), had his position terminated by the Provincial Assembly Secretariat based on a recommendation from the Communist Party of Nepal, which alleged that he was involved in promoting the Progressive Democratic Party. Following the loss of his parliamentary seat based on the CPN's recommendation, Sharma moved to the Supreme Court. 

In response to Sharma's writ petition, a single bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel had previously issued an interim order allowing him to retain his parliamentary seat.