Kathmandu: Hearing on the writ petition filed against the formation of the Koshi province government is scheduled to take place before a full bench of the Supreme Court.
A joint bench of Justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Bal Krishna Dhakal today issued an order to send the case to the full bench. Mentioning that constitutional interpretation is necessary in the dispute, the bench will hear the matter in the bench of three or more justices from June 9 onwards.
Hikmat Kumar Karki, the leader of the parliamentary party of CPN (UML), was appointed as the Chief Minister on May 9 after garnering the support of the majority members of the Provincial Assembly.
The outgoing Chief Minister Kedar Karki filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the formation of the new government. The writ petition demands cancellation of the call made by the Chief of province on May 8 for the formation of the new government and other decisions taken since then.
Source: National News Agency RSS