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Kathmandu, Nepal: The Supreme Court (SC) the apex court of the country has on Monday cleared the decks for the government to endorse the second Constitution amendment bill registered at the parliament.
Responding to the two separate writ petitions filed challenging to the government’s bid to amend the constitution, a division bench of Chief Justice Sushila Karki and Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada issued the verdict stating that interim order should not be issued staying the bid to amend the constitution.
The verdict of the government has not only advanced the principle of separation of power by guaranteeing that the Judiciary could not bar the Legislative from using its wisdom in the formulation of legislation but also paved the government to amendment the constitution.
The government had registered the constitution amendment bill in the parliament on November 29. The opposition parties including the main opposition CPN UML has been obstructing the parliament protesting the bill.
