17 writ petitions have been filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. Although an initial hearing has been held on these writ petitions, a second hearing has not yet been held.
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The hearing on the petition filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives has been postponed. The hearing, which was scheduled to be held in the Constitutional Bench on Wednesday, was postponed due to the failure to submit written responses from all the opponents.
One of the writ petitioners, advocate Premraj Silwal, informed that the filing has been postponed and a new filing has been scheduled for November 22. On November 12, the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court had ordered the opposition to submit a written response within 7 days. The Supreme Court had initially given seven days and a grace period of seven days to submit a written response within 15 days.
The Supreme Court had ordered the final hearing after the written responses of all parties were registered. However, since the written responses of all parties have not been registered so far, the final hearing has been postponed. 17 writ petitions have been registered against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. Although the initial hearing has been held on these writ petitions, the second hearing has not been held. Although the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court refused to issue an immediate interim order, it had ordered the submission of a written response through the Attorney General's Office.
The Office of the President and the Prime Minister were named as defendants in the writ petition. The bench said that the petitioner's demand can be considered only during the final hearing of the writ petition.
During the previous debate, the legal practitioners of the writ petitioner had argued that the interim government was formed against the constitution and the House of Representatives was dissolved. The legal practitioners had also demanded that an interim order be issued preventing the Sushila Karki-led government from doing anything other than preparing for the elections.
President Ram Chandra Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Bhadra 27 on the recommendation of the interim government. A writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court against that. The 17 cases registered in this way The writ petition was initially heard by a constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut and Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla, Kumar Regmi, Hari Prasad Phuyal and Manoj Kumar Sharma.
