The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the writ petition against the withdrawal of the prime ministerial candidacy of UML chairman Jhala Nath Khanal.
A single bench of justice Balaram K.C quashed the writ stating a matter with the parliament could not be decided by the court.
Advocates Kumar Acharya and Bhabishwar Gurung, who is also a member of UML legal department, had jointly filed a petition claiming that the withdrawal of Khanal's candidacy is illegal as such provision is not mentioned anywhere in the parliamentary regulations.
The petitioners accused caretaker PM Madhav Kumar Nepal, who tabled the motion to elect Khanal as the PM, of withdrawing the proposal with an intention to prolong his duration in office. Speaker Subas Nemwang and the parliament secretariat were also accused in the writ.
The writ demanded the previous two elections be cancelled and Khanal’s candidacy be retained at the elections slated for August 2. nepalnews.com
