Constitutional Bench formed to hear writ petitions against House dissolution

Published On: May 28, 2021 10:44 AM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


Constitutional Bench formed to hear writ petitions against House dissolution

KATHMANDU, May 28: Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR has picked four justices of the Supreme Court (SC) to conduct hearings on the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HOR). 

There is a provision of a five-member Constitutional Bench to settle the disputes over constitutional matters. The newly-formed bench includes  justices Dipak Kumar Karki, Aanand Mohan Bhattarai, Tej Bahadur KC and Bam Kumar Shrestha, besides the chief justice. 

As many as 30 writ petitions have been registered at the SC against President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s May 22 move to dissolve the lower house of parliament. The initial hearing on 19 of such petitions was conducted by the CJ Rana-led bench on Thursday. The single bench, however, forwarded the writ petitions to the Constitutional Bench for further hearing.

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