KATHMANDU, June 11: The Supreme Court (SC) has postponed the date for delivering the verdict on the case concerning the appointment of 52 officials of constitutional bodies made four years ago.
The Constitutional Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut and Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Kumar Chudal, and Nahakul Subedi, which was scheduled to deliver the verdict on Wednesday, has now postponed it to July 2.
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The Constitutional Bench concluded the final hearing on May 15 and had initially set June 11 as the date for the verdict.
Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had appointed 32 officials to constitutional bodies on March 5, 2021 and 20 officials on June 24, 2021, including appointments at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
On both occasions, Oli dissolved the House of Representatives twice, specifically on December 20, 2020, and May 21, 2021, before making Constitutional Council appointments.As a result, the appointees recommended by the Constitutional Council were appointed 45 days later.
