KATHMANDU: Hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the decision of the government to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) has completed from writ petitioners on Sunday.
Today was the 13th day of the hearing on the issue. A total of 13 writ petitions were registered in the SC against the government’s move of HoR dissolution.
A total of 68 legal practitioners presented their arguments seeking restoration of the HoR till Sunday before the constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana.
Advocates Gopal Pandey, Amita Guatam, Kritinath Poudel, Khadananda Kandel, Khima Nanda Adhikari, Purna Prakash Basnet and Senior Advocate Yadunath Khanal had presented their arguments today.
Similarly, government attorneys and private lawyers will plead in favor of the House dissolution from Monday towards.
A total of 310 persons have registered themselves to plead on behalf of the writ petitioners. Hearing on the matter began on January 15, after the apex court decided that it would continue in the constitutional bench. Petitioners had demanded that the case be heard in a full extended bench.
The constitutional bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and judges—Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha, Anil Kumar Sinha, Sapana Malla and Tej Bahadur KC has been hearing the case on the main issue.
