Nepalese Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Prachanda and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar and asked them to furnish written clarifications within a week informing the rationale behind the registration of Constitution amendment bill to address Madhesis’ deamands.
The Himalayan Times reported that a single bench of Justice Jagadish Sharma Paudel ordered the two leaders to furnish written clarifications within a week and set December 20 as the date for next hearing on the case filed against the government move.
The ruling Nepali Congress-Maoist coalition government on
November 29 had registered the amendment bill at the Parliament Secretariat in order to address demands put forth by the agitating Madhesi parties.
The amendment bill is aimed at carving out a new province to meet the demands of agitating Madhesis and other ethnic groups whose protests last year left more than 50 people dead.
Following the registration, the Ex-lawmakers Forum challenged the Constitution Amendment Bill in the court, seeking a stay on the amendment process.