Kathmandu, January 25: The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order in response to a writ petition filed by Reshamlal Chaudhary, patron of the Nagarik Unmukti Party, Nepal, seeking permission to contest the House of Representatives election.
A single bench of Justice Balakrishna Dhakal today issued a show-cause order but declined to grant the interim relief as requested.
With the court’s order, Chaudhary will not be able to contest the upcoming election for membership of the House of Representatives. The court has scheduled the hearing on the dispute for Magh 15.
The writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court on Magh 9 against the Election Commission’s decision to cancel Chaudhary’s candidacy. The commission had decided to revoke his nomination, stating that his conviction and prison record remain valid. He had filed his candidacy from Kailali Constituency No. 1.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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