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Ruling of Supreme Court On Adding A Number of Local Units
Ruling of Supreme Court On Adding A Number of Local Units
August 11, 2017
Kathmandu: on August 10, hearing on the petition filed against the decision of the previous government of Maoist-Center Chairman Prachanda on increasing a number of local units, a bench of Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli and Justice Purushotam Bhandari ruled that the government could set up any number of local units following the Article 295 (3) of the Constitution that states a Commission on Setting Boundary And A Number Of Local Units sets the boundary and a number of local units; and the Article 56 (4) and (5) has given the power to the government to set up such a commission, and set the standard for outlining boundary and setting a number of local units such as village councils, municipalities, the news in the “gorkhapatra” of today stated.
Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) that has been demanding to add a number of local units based on population in some provinces welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nepal. It was one of the main demands of the RJP that has been saying it won’t participate in the election until the government meets all its demands.
The local media have it that the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj while in Kathmandu for attending the BIMSTEC meeting started in Kathmandu on August 10 has advised the RJP leaders to take part in the third-phase local elections to be held in province number two on September 18, 2017.
