INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 4Hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court against
the vote of confidence taken by Chief Minister of Koshi Province Uddhav Thapa began from today.
Minister's confidence vote unconstitutional: SC
court against Koshi CM Thapa
The hearing will
continue tomorrow as it could not be completed today due to lack of sufficient time
The hearing took place before the division bench of justices - Sapana Malla Pradhan, Kumar Chudal and Nahakul Subedi.CPN-UML Koshi Province
Parliamentary Party leader Hikmat Kumar Karki had filed the writ petition naming Koshi Province Chief Parshuram Khapung, Chief Minister
Thapa, among others, as defendants in the case.
SC Justice Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada on August 24 had issued an interim order
in the name of the province government not to take any long-term decisions stating that CM Thapa's approach in securing vote of confidence
was unconstitutional.CM Thapa had taken the confidence motion on August 21
The writ petition was filed at the SC, arguing that the process of securing vote of confidence was unconstitutional.A version of this
article appears in the print on September 05, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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