KATHMANDU, Dec 25: All the writ petitions against the dissolution of the House of Representatives are being heard in the Constitutional Court today.
Last Wednesday, a single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR had directed to send all the writ petitions to the Constitutional Court.
On the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the parliament on December 20 and announced the date of the election in two phases. Thirteen writ petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against the President and the Prime Minister for dissolving the parliament against the provisions of the constitution.
The government has applied Articles 76 and 85 of the constitution as the basis for dissolving the parliament. Chief Justice Rana had on Wednesday ordered the writ petitions to be sent to the Constitutional Court as further constitutional interpretation of the article was needed.
Dev Gurung, leader of the CPN-Prachanda-Madhav group, senior advocates Dinesh Tripathi, Santosh Bhandari, Kanchan Krishna Neupane, Lokendra Bahadur Oli, Samrit Kharel, Gyanendra Raj Aran, Shalikram Sapkota, Kamal Khatri, Maniram Upadhyay and Amita Gautam Poudel were among those who filed the writ petition alleging that the dissolution of the parliament was unconstitutional.
The political parties and civil society, including general people are eagerly waiting to hear verdict from the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, main opposition Nepali Congress, Janata Samajbadi, breakaway NCP (Prachanda-Madhav) faction, including other fringe parties have already decided to stage nationwide protest against the move of President and Prime Minister to dissolve the Parliament.
