Writ petitions presented at SC against dissolution of House of Representatives

More than half a dozen writ petitions have been submitted at the Supreme Court on Tuesday with the resumption of registration of writ petitions.

The writ petitions presented as of this afternoon mainly contain two demands.

In their petitions, they have demanded the restoration of the House of Representatives and annulment of the appointment of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Prime Minister.

According to Supreme Court spokesperson Arjun Koirala, work is underway to verify the writ petitions. He said that the applications will then be registered accordingly.

As the Supreme Court's software and records were also damaged during the arson on September 9, online registration will not be possible.

The writ petitions are all related to public concern.

Legal professionals and law students among others submitted writ petitions demanding the reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.

Congress and disgruntled UML lawmakers (later affiliated with the CPN (Unified Socialist) had filed writ petitions at the Supreme Court against the dissolution of the House of Representatives for the second time by the then KP Sharma Oli-led government.

SC spokesperson Koirala said that the hearing of the writ petitions will begin immediately after they are registered.

Only writ petitions related to recent political developments, such as the formation of the government and the dissolution of the House of Representatives, have been received so far.

The Supreme Court is preparing to collect and hear these petitions together rather than addressing them separately.

A full court meeting held on October 12 had decided to register writ petitions and conduct hearings from today.