KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected the registration of a writ petition challenging Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s status of the leader of main opposition party. Registrar Narayan Panthi rejected the registration of writ petition, citing that the issues of parliamentary jurisdiction could not be registered at the court. According to Panthi, […]
KATHMANDU, July 13: President of Nepali Congress (NC), Sher Bahadur Deuba is preparing to form a small sized Cabinet under his premiership on Tuesday evening.
Deuba is being appointed as the prime minister as per Article 76 (5) as per the mandamus issued by the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday. The court ordered the Office of President to appoint Deuba as the new PM by 5 PM Tuesday.
A meeting of the opposition alliance, which was held shortly after the apex court’s verdict, decided to form a small sized Cabinet.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the senior leaders of the opposition alliance, on Tuesday morning, is supposed to finalize the name of those joining the new government.
KATHMANDU, May 27: Hearing over the 19 writ petitions registered against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled to begin from Thursday.
According to the Supreme Court (SC) administration, a total of 30 writ petitions have been filed against the President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s move to dissolve the lower house of parliament on May 22 at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
The Supreme Court has scheduled the cause list of the 11 writ petitions on Friday. The hearings over those petitions will be carried out at the Constitutional Bench.
Following the House dissolution on May 22 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, 146 outgoing lawmakers belonging to the opposition alliance reached the apex court in-person on Monday and registered a writ petition demanding House restoration and appointment of Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba. The petitioners claimed that the PM KP Oli-led government does not have a legitimacy to remain in power as the president had already called the MPs for new government formation.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, as per the Article 76 (7) of the Constitution of Nepal. Earlier, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba laid a claim for a new government with the support of 149 lawmakers as the President had called upon the members of the lower house of parliament to stake their claim for the new government formation as per Article 76 (5). Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had opted not to take a trust vote in parliament as per Article 76 (4), also staked a claim for a new government. President Bhandari, however, rejected both the claims.
KATHMANDU, May 22: An alliance of opposition parties are preparing to knock at the door of the Supreme Court (SC) against President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).
As many as 149 lawmakers, who extended their support to the President of the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) on Friday to form a new government as per Article 76 (5) of the constitution, are preparing to file a writ petition against the House dissolution move.
A meeting of the leaders of the alliance of five parties --- Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN UML’s Nepal faction, JSP’s Yadav faction and Rastriya Jana Morcha --- decided to take both the political and legal actions against the move.
President Bhandari announced the mid-term polls for November 12 and 19 after dissolving the lower house of parliament at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that NC welcomes the verdict of the Supreme Court to reinstate the parliament that was dissolved by Prime Minister K P Oli.
