PTI, Kathmandu
Published by: Gaurav Pandey
Updated Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:10 AM IST
Nepal’s Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Monday on various petitions filed by President Vidya Bhandari against the dissolution of Parliament. It is expected that this decision of the court will end the political deadlock that has been going on for months in the country.
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On the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President Bhandari dissolved the lower house of Parliament on May 22 for the second time in five months and announced mid-term elections on November 12 and 19. Against his move, 30 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Oli is currently heading a minority government after losing the trust vote in the 275-member House.
A petition was also filed by a coalition of opposition parties, seeking restoration of the lower house of parliament and the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister. The petition has the signatures of 146 MPs. The Constitutional Bench of the court had completed hearing on various petitions on July 5. A four-member amicus curiae has also given his opinion in this regard.
Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, one of the petitioners, said that the court is likely to pronounce the verdict on Monday. Tripathi said that the court will take into account the provisions of the Constitution and past precedents while giving its verdict and it will be a historic decision. The Election Commission last week announced the schedule for the upcoming mid-term elections, under which the election process will begin from July 15.
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On the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President Bhandari dissolved the lower house of Parliament on May 22 for the second time in five months and announced mid-term elections on November 12 and 19. Against his move, 30 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Oli is currently heading a minority government after losing the trust vote in the 275-member House.
A petition was also filed by a coalition of opposition parties, seeking restoration of the lower house of parliament and the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister. The petition has the signatures of 146 MPs. The Constitutional Bench of the court had completed hearing on various petitions on July 5. A four-member amicus curiae has also given his opinion in this regard.
Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, one of the petitioners, said that the court is likely to pronounce the verdict on Monday. Tripathi said that the court will take into account the provisions of the Constitution and past precedents while giving its verdict and it will be a historic decision. The Election Commission last week announced the schedule for the upcoming mid-term elections, under which the election process will begin from July 15.
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