parliament dissolution

Nepal’s top court on Wednesday will begin hearings on petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s sudden decision to dissolve the parliament, a move that has triggered public outrage and has been labelled unconstitutional. In their plea before the Supreme Court, politicians, activists and lawyers are questioning whether it is the legitimate right of the […]

The Constitutional bench is scheduled to hear all 12 writ petitions, filed by different petitioners challenging the KP Sharma Oli-led government’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR), today. On Wednesday, a single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana had decided to forward all petitions to the Constitutional bench. Petitioners had argued that

An emergency Cabinet meeting convened at the call of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Baluwatar today morning has recommend to dissolve the Parliament. Prime Minister Oli has reached the President’s Office with the recommendation, which has yet to be ratified by President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Dissolution of Parliament means dissolving the House of Representatives