SC scraps all writs filed against Citizenship Bill

The Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped all the writs filed against the Citizenship Bill.

A meeting of the constitutional bench held this afternoon scrapped all the six writs filed against the ordinance related to the amendment of Citizenship Act brought the then KP Sharma Oli-led government.

The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli brought the Citizenship Bill by dissolving the House for the second time to incorporate then Mahantha Thakur group of Janata Samajbadi Party.

Saying that it is unconstitutional to bring an ordinance by ignoring the Citizenship Bill which is under consideration in the Party, senior advocate Borna Bahadur Karki, advocate Bir Bhandra Joshi, advocate Ram Bahadur Shahi, advocate Kul Bahadur Bigota and deputy general secretary on behalf of Maulik Jarakilo Party Laxman Pokharel filed the writs against the Bill.

Prime Minister Deuba's office and President Bidya Devi Bhandari were made the defendants.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki, Justices Mira Khadka, Hari Krishna Karki, Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai scrapped the writs today.