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The Supreme Court, which was to decide today whether or not the two constitutional bench justices – Tej Bahadur KC and Bam Kumar Shrestha – should recuse themselves from the House of Representatives dissolution case, could not do so due to differences among justices on the roster for the constitutional bench.
Some of the lawyers representing the petitioners – opposition parties – who have challenged the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) for the second time on May 22 have pleaded before the five-member constitutional bench that the justices whose verdict nullified the unification of the CPN- UML and the CPN-Maoist-Centre should recuse themselves from the case.
Lawyers representing petitioners who have challenged the dissolution of the House of Representatives pleaded before the constitutional bench that justices whose verdict nullified the unification of the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist Centre should recuse themselves from the case.
Nepal SC quashes unification of PM Oli's CPN-UML and Prachanda-led CPN Maoist Center Both Oli and the rival group claim to control the Nepal Communist Party and the issue is being disputed at the Election Commission. Share Via Email | A+A A- Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (L) and CPM-Maoist Center leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. (File photo| PTI) By PTI KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday quashed the unification of the erstwhile Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Push...
China on backfoot as Nepal Communist Party derecognised by SC SECTIONS Share Synopsis Brokered by China, the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) had merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party (NCP) following the alliance’s victory in the 2017 general elections. The Chinese ambassador to Nepal had made both public and backchannel efforts last year to keep Oli and Prachanda together. Later, China even sent a top diplomat to keep the party unified. Nepal has plunged into yet another political crisis, putting China, Kathmandu’s northern neighbour, on the backfoot. The country’s ...