(GNB Desk): The Supreme Court of Nepal has reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives which was dissolved on December 20, 2020.
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana read out the SC verdict to restore the HoR which was dissolved two years prior to its full five-year term.
On December 20, 2020, President Bidya Dev Bhandari had dissolved parliament at the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
A five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR on Tuesday annulled the government’s decision to dissolve the 275-member lower house of parliament.
The Supreme Court also ordered the government to summon the House session within the next 13 days.
As many as 13 writ petitions were registered at the SC against the dissolution of the HoR.
The hearing on the case had started on January 17 and ended on February 19.
Read the verdict below:
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