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SC Defers Hearings Against Removing Difficulties 17 Times |
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GANI ANSARI |
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Legal eagles term move ´unusual´
KATHMANDU, May 23: Legal experts have termed as ´unusual´ the deferring time and again of hearings at the Supreme Court (SC) on a writ petition against the approval of the ordinance on removing constitutional difficulties.
Hearings on the writ petition, which also challenges the appointment of Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi as chairman of the Interim Election Council, have been deferred 17 times over the last two months. The petition was filed by Advocate Subhas Acharya.
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Find Solutions From HLPC: Regmi To NC, UML |
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KATHMANDU, May 23: Leaders from Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML apprised Chairman of Interim Election Government Khil Raj Regmi on their stance with regard to the proposed poll-related provisions.
Responding to their concerns, Regmi suggested to the leaders to settle inter-party differences over some crucial election provisions through a political understanding and offer suggesttions to the government accordingly.
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RPP Convention Elects CC Members |
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KATHMANDU, May 22: The unity convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and RJP elected over 53 central committee members and vote counting for the members under reservation quota for women, dalits and other marginalized communities was under way until late evening on Wednesday.
The convention had earlier on Monday unanimously elected former RJP head Surya Bahadur Thapa as the chairman of the unified party, which has been named RPP.
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No Decision On Selling London Embassy, MoFA, Chalise Tells SC |
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GANI ANSARI |
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KATHMANDU, May 21: Responding to a Supreme Court order to furnish clarifications over why the government was taking steps to sell the Nepal Embassy premises in London, Nepal´s ambassador to the UK, Suresh Chalise, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) have stated that the government has not taken any decision to sell off the property.
In a separate written clarification sent to the apex court last week, they have urged the SC to scrap the petition stating that the government had formed a high-level study committee to recommend appropriate measures for the management of the embassy premises.
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Fate Of Disappeared Ignored: Kin |
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KATHMANDU, May 22: The Maoist parties --Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led UCPN (Maoist) and Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist --have remembered their disappeared cadres at functions organised Tuesday at their respective party head offices at Perisdanda and Kopundol, on the occasion of the day of the disappeared.
Dahal-led Maoists inaugurated a monument to martyrs and disappeared at Perisadanda while the Baidya-led Maoists observed the day at Kopundol, to honor the families of the disappeared.
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