KATHMANDU, May 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order to scrap the appointment of seven ministers in the KP Sharma Oli-led Cabinet.
Responding to a writ petition filed against the appointment of seven ministers, who are not the members of the federal parliament, a single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR, on Thursday, invalidated the appointment of the ministers including Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa as per Article 78 of the constitution.
Prime Minister Oli appointed seven ministers on May 14 after he was reappointed as the Prime Minister on May 13.
With this, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Industry Minister Lekhraj Bhatta, Energy Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Urban Development Minister Prabhu Shah, Drinking Water Minister Mani Thapa, Labor Minister Gauri Shankar Chaudhary and Sports Minister Dawa Lama have been relieved of the member of Cabinet.
Advocates duo Kapil Dev Dhakal and Rabiraj Thapa filed the writ petition demanding to scrap their appointment.
