Supreme Court Constitutional Bench to Hear Validity of Constitutional Council Ordinance

Kathmandu. A hearing has been scheduled in the Supreme Court's Constitutional Bench on the legality of the first amendment ordinance related to the Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties and Rights), 2083, brought by the government. The hearing is to take place in the Constitutional Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. Manojkumar Sharma, and Justices Hariprasad Phuyal, Nahakul Subedi, Binod Sharma, and Mahesh Sharma Paudel, on a writ filed by advocate Geeta Thapa. Previously, on Sunday, a single bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel had ordered that the application filed against the said ordinance be presented to the Constitutional Bench. Advocate Thapa had filed the writ against the Office of the President, Shital Niwas, and others, claiming that the ordinance related to the Constitutional Council contradicts the Constitution of Nepal. The said application was rejected by the Supreme Court Registrar on Baishakh 25, 2083.