KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The constitutional bench at the Supreme Court will hear a writ petition filed against Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane today in the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court.

Advocate Raviraj Basaula and others filed the petition on December 14, demanding the cancellation of Lamichhane's position as a member of parliament (MP). The court held a preliminary hearing on December 21 on the writ petition questioning Lamichhane's eligibility to be an MP and ordered both parties to discuss it today.

The constitutional bench formed under the leadership of the Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki consists of justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Anand Mohan Bhattarai, Anil Kumar Sinha and Prakash Man Singh Raut.

In the petition, it was claimed that Lamichhane had seriously violated the constitution and the law as he had registered a party and was elected as a people’s representative while he did not retain his Nepali citizenship after obtaining the American citizenship. Lamichhane, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Election Commission, Federal Parliament and District Administration Office, Kathmandu have been named as the defendants in the petition. 

 
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