Petitions filed against Nepal President on authentication of Citizenship Bill to be heard today
Notably, five separate writ petitions were filed on Thursday against the Office of the President of Nepal over which a joint hearing would start from today (Sept 23).
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Kathmandu, Sept 23: The Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday (Sept 23) will hear the writ petitions filed against President Bidhya Devi Bhandari against her decision not to authenticate the Citizenship Bill. "The hearing is set to start from today," confirmed Supreme Court spokesperson, Bimal Paudel.
Notably, five separate writ petitions were filed on Thursday against the Office of the President over which a joint hearing would start from today (Sept 23). Advocate Sagar Baral has filed the writ petition with a student from Tribhuwan University Raj Baral and Kathmandu School of Law Abinesh Adhikari and a resident of Morang's Rangel Municipality Dev Sharma.
In the writ petition, the petitioners have claimed President Bhandari of not fulfilling the constitutional obligation as per Act 113 (4) of the Constitution of Nepal seeking a mandamus from the apex court. The petitioners also have claimed that the President doesn't have the right of discretion as per the constitution and also have asked the verdict from the court over the case to be set as precedent.
In the registered petition, it also is claimed that the latest decision of the President has also jolted the fundamental human rights ensured by the constitution in Articles 10-15. Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday (Sept 20) midnight passed the deadline for authenticating Citizenship Bill sent by the Federal Parliament.