In a drastic flip of occasions, Nepal’s Supreme Court on Monday restored the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in 5 months, prompting President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to nominate Nepalese Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister inside two days. requested for.
it comes laborious Two months after Prime Minister KP Olick Despite shedding the belief vote in the home, it was profitable in forming a minority authorities.
A full bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana quashed President Bhandari’s dissolution of Parliament and continued Oli as prime minister till elections had been held in November.
A petition signed by 149 members of Parliament, which has a snug majority within the House, with 271 in Deuba’s favour, was rejected by Bhandari. A writ petition was filed by 146 earlier than the Supreme Court demanding that “constitutional wrongdoing and malpractices committed by the President be rectified by restoring Parliament and appointing Deuba as Prime Minister”.
As such, a division bench of justices Deepak Karki, Meera Khadka, Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Ishwar Khatiwada dominated that Deuba be sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday, and the restored House be convened on July 18. This is the second time the Supreme Court has restored the House – first on December 20 final yr after which on May 23.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
