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The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court is going to hear the final hearing on the writ against 52 constitutional appointments and pronounce the decision on May 28. Nirajan Pandey, Assistant Spokesperson of the Supreme Court, said, "The arguments are over today. The bench has ordered all the advocates to submit the arguments notes by the 16th, and a decision will be taken after 12 days."
Out of the total 61 posts of the 13 constitutional bodies, 52 were vacant by the Constitutional Council under the chairmanship of the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli through an ordinance, 32 in November 2077 and 20 in April 2078, 52 of which were controversial through the Constitutional Council. The appointment was recommended by the then President Bidya Devi Bhandari who approved both times.
The presence of 5 of the total 6 members of the Constitutional Council will constitute a quorum and the decision of 4 of the quorum will be a majority. had brought In this way, there was also a provision in the ordinance that the majority including the chairman could make recommendations.
According to that, in the meeting of the Constitutional Council, the then leader of the main opposition party Sher Bahadur Deuba and Speaker Agni Sapkota boycotted the meeting, but the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who was also the Chairman of the Constitutional Council, Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara and the then Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina recommended the appointment to the Constitutional Council.
Prime Minister Oli dissolved Parliament immediately after the first recommendation for appointment. President Bhandari appointed 32 on January 21, 2077 and 20 on the latest recommendation on June 10, 2078 based on the parliamentary rules that there is no obstacle to the appointment if there is no parliamentary hearing within 45 days of the recommendation. was
15 writs were filed against it on separate dates from January 1, 2077 to July 10, 2079. This case, which was criticized for being delayed for a long time without being heard by the Supreme Court, was heard from the 30th of March after the fifteenth hearing until the Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Prakashman Singh Raut gave a final decision. It ordered that all the writs be kept on the list of 'watching' that the hearing of the case would continue. Then, after 11 days of debate, before the sitting of the court on Thursday, it was ordered to give a decision on the matter on May 28.
