Kathmandu – The Supreme Court has ordered that the decision of the writ petition against the appointment of UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli as the Prime Minister according to Article 76 (2) of the Constitution should be decided by the Constitutional Council and the dispute over the appointment of the Prime Minister should be sent to the Constitutional Bench.

The bench of Supreme Court Judge Balkrishna Dhakal has ordered that the writ to appoint Oli as the Prime Minister should be decided by the constitutional bench.

Three writs were filed claiming that the appointment of Oli as the Prime Minister according to Article 2 was unconstitutional. After the Prime Minister made by Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal failed to receive a vote of confidence the selection of a new PM should have been automatically moved according to Article 3.

Judge Dhakal’s bench said that Oli was appointed as the Prime Minister and the writ filed against him has a serious constitutional interpretation, so it was ordered to send the writ to the constitutional bench.