Sher Bahadur Deuba: The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister. World News – Times of India

Kathmandu, Nepal Supreme court Ordered the appointment of Nepali Congress President after restoring the dissolved House of Representatives on Monday Sher Bahadur Deb as Prime Minister within two days.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana concluded hearing in the matter last week.
Responding to the SC’s decision, CPN-UML spokesperson and former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali told TOI that the order was unexpected and contrary to the fundamental principles of the Constitution.
“Wrong and unfair but it will follow,” he said.
Nepal’s President Vidya Bhandari on May 22 dissolved the lower house for the second time in five months and announced mid-term elections on November 12 and November 19 on the basis of PM KP Sharma. it wasRecommend to.
30 petitions were filed in the Supreme Court against this move. a petition filed by Protest The coalition of parties demanded the restoration of the lower house of parliament and the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister.
The Constitutional Bench of the apex court completed the hearing on the writ petitions on July 5. A four-member amicus curiae also presented his opinion on the dissolution of the House.
It has to be seen how the Election Commission proceeds after this decision of the Supreme Court. The commission had last week announced the schedule for the upcoming mid-term elections.
Nepal faced a political crisis on 20 December last year after President Bhandari dissolved the House and announced fresh elections on 30 April and 10 May on the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli, amid a struggle for power within the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (NCP). came in.
In February, the apex court reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives while Prime Minister Oli was preparing for mid-term elections.
Oli has repeatedly defended his move to dissolve the House of Representatives, saying that some of his party leaders were attempting to form a “parallel government”.
(with inputs from agencies)

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