SC begins hearing on anti-Regmi appointment writ petition

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday started to conduct hearings on seven writ petitions that have challenged the president’s order on removing constitutional hurdles and appointment of the chairman of the Interim Election Council.



The apex court began to conduct hearings on the writ petitions, six months after the appointment of Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi as the chairman of the Interim Election Council. [break]



A special bench of Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma and Justices Kalyan Shrestha, Girish Chandra Lal, Sushila Karki, Prakash Wasti, Baidya Nath Upadhyaya, Tarka Raj Bhatta, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and Bharata Bahadur Karki conducted hearings on the writ petitions.

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