Supreme Court Postpones Hearing on 17 Petitions Against Parliament Dissolution

Kathmandu. After the Jenji movement, 17 petitions filed in the Supreme Court against the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the formation of the government have been kept on the postponed list today without being scheduled for hearing. Among the 17 petitions filed against the dissolution of parliament are petitions filed by MPs from the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML.

In this petition, on Poush 2, 2082, the Constitutional Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakashman Singh Raut, senior most Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Justices Hari Prasad Fuyaal, Manoj Kumar Sharma, and Nahakul Subedi had issued a show-cause order in the name of the opposition.

After the said order, all the respondents have submitted their replies. In the meantime, supplementary petitions were also submitted. An order was made to keep them together. Since then, this petition has not been heard.

After the Jenji movement on Bhadra 23 and 24, 2082, the interim government formed completed the election of the House of Representatives and a new House of Representatives and a new government have been formed. However, the hearing on this case has not progressed.

Although the petitions filed against the dissolution of parliament and the formation of the government have become irrelevant, the Supreme Court has kept the said petitions on the postponed list today. Even though these petitions have become irrelevant, they raise serious constitutional questions, so they will be heard in the Constitutional Bench.