The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has issued a show cause order on the writ petition filed by a sitting Nepali Congress MP against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order and has also ordered to seek written responses from the opposition parties.

The writ petition was heard by the Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla, Kumar Regmi, Manoj Kumar Sharma and Nahakul Subedi. The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court passed the order on Wednesday while hearing the writ petition filed by Congress's outgoing Chief Whip Shyam Kumar Ghimire and other lawmakers. The writ petition sought an interim order, claiming that the dissolution of the House of Representatives was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has asked the opposition to "submit the reasons why an interim order should not be issued as demanded by the petitioner." The Office of the President, Prime Minister Sushila Karki, the Election Commission, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the Speaker were named as respondents in the writ petition.

Eight outgoing Congress MPs, including Ghimire, had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on November 23. The writ petition sought to overturn the government's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and issue an interim order to form a new government in accordance with the constitution. 

Earlier, UML leaders had also filed writ petitions against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. Similarly, various legal practitioners had also filed writ petitions. The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order in 20 writ petitions filed so far. It has only issued show-cause orders in all the writ petitions.