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What is legislative intent and why lawyers want the bench to look to it
As lawyers pleading on behalf of petitioners challenging Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s House dissolution move continued to parse constitutional provisions, advocate Dinmani Pokhrel brought up on…
Has Oli accepted the constitution has flaws and it needs amendments?
If there is any political figure in Nepal who has always demonstrated a strong position against amendments to the constitution, it is Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. He has maintained a consistent …
Chief justice mandatorily chairing Constitutional Bench exposes a major oversight by charter drafters
Nepal’s present constitution was seven years in the making. It took two 601-member Constituent Assemblies, elected in 2008 and again in 2013 as the first one could not agree on the finer points, …
प्रतिनिधि सभा विघटन: मुद्दा विचाराधीन रहँदा प्रधानमन्त्रीको अभिव्यक्ति कति उचित
प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटन गरेपछि उक्त निर्णयविरुद्ध सर्वोच्च अदालतमा परेको रिटको सुनुवाइ विचाराधीन छ। प्रधानमन्त्री स्वयम्ले विघटन गर्नुको कारणसमेत खुलाएर लिखित जवाफ अदाल…
Karki recuses himself after lawyers question why he was on bench
A hearing on writs against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli government’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives was adjourned on Wednesday after Justice Hari Krishna Karki recused himself …
Worries grow as NCP rival factions issue veiled threats to influence Supreme Court verdict on parliament dissolution
KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Not only the constitutional experts but also the general public have grown worried as top leaders of the rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) are engaged in …
Call for criteria to select new KU vice-chancellor
As a search committee formed to recommend names of vice-chancellor candidates for Kathmandu University plans to start the selection process within a week, the incumbent and former university offi…
Gyawali to travel to Delhi next month amid political turmoil in Kathmandu
As the political crisis unfolds in Kathmandu after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives, which resulted in the split of the Nepal Communist Party, Foreig…
Chinese delegation meets Nepal PM amid political crisis
A Chinese delegation reportedly held talks with Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu on Sunday in a first diplomatic step by the neighbour…
Experts question if caretaker prime minister can reshuffle the Cabinet
Constitutional affairs experts have questioned Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to reshuffle his Cabinet to induct eight ministers, five of them former Maoist leaders, and change the portf…
Nepal's government in grip of turmoil
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's top leader dissolved parliament Sunday amid infighting among members of the governing party, throwing into doubt the political future of a strategically important Hima…