Constitutional law, governance
and public policy
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
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Lost in the turmoil over Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s dissolution of the House of Representatives on December 20 has been the prime minister’s more insidious challenge to the country’s democrat…
After advocates pleading on behalf of the petitioners who have challenged Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s House dissolution move were done, starting Monday lawyers defending the government started…
Kathmandu – On December 5, 2020, around 10,000 motorcyclists of the Bir Gorkhali movement, mostly wearing t-shirts with the imprint of the last king and queen, defied lockdown and stormed into th…
If there has been any direct act of defiance by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli against his ally-turned-foe Pushpa Kamal Dahal, it was on Saturday when he addressed a mass meeting in Chitwan, Dahal’…
If there has been any direct act of defiance by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli against his ally-turned-foe Pushpa Kamal Dahal, it was on Saturday when he addressed a mass meeting in Chitwan, Dahal’…
KP Sharma Oli’s political star rose in 2015 with his co-leadership of constitution-promulgation (along with Sushil Koirala of Nepali Congress). His standing up to India during the 2015-16 border …
१६ माघ, काठमाडौं । सर्वोच्च अदालतले प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओली, पूर्वसभामुख दमननाथ ढुंगाना, पूर्वप्रधानन्यायाधीशहरू मीनबहादुर रायमाझी, कल्याण श्रेष्ठ, अनुपराज शर्मा र सुशीला कार्कीलाई अदालतको अ…
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…
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 …
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, …
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…
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 …