HoR dissolution: Pleading on behalf of govt to continue today

KATHMANDU: The government attorneys are scheduled to continue pleading on behalf of the government on the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution case on Tuesday.

Attorney General Ramesh Badal pleaded for more than three hours on Monday arguing that the HoR dissolution was constitutional.

There are eleven lawyers on behalf of the government. Deputy Attorney General Padma Prasad Pande is scheduled to plead for two hours at the constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice Cholendra  SJB Rana, senior justices Dipak Kumar Karki, Mira Khadka, Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai today. He is to analyze the constitutional provisions relating to Article 76 and whether the President could deny the submission of claims made for the post of prime minister. He is to dwell also on whether the party whip is enforced in the formation of a new government under Article 76(5) of the constitution. Provisions against and practices of floor-crossing in other countries would be pointed out by him.

Taking 20 minutes, another Deputy Attorney General Tek Bahadur Ghimire will argue on the role of political parties for the formation of government as per Article 76 (5) of the constitution. Ten minute time has been allocated to Deputy Attorney General Shyam Kumar Bhattarai, who will argue on the relevance of the dispute by presenting the constitutional values.