Hearing on writ petition related to authentication of citizenship bill deferred until Sunday

A hearing on the writ petition related to the authentication of the Bill designed to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063 has been deferred until Sunday. The hearing that was scheduled for today at the Supreme Court has been postponed until Sunday for lack of time to hear the case, said the apex court’s spokesperson Bimal Paudel.

“The case could not be heard today as there were many other cases to hear,” he said. Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma was scheduled to hear the case.

A total of five writ petitions have been filed in the apex court after President Bidya Devi Bhandari denied to authenticate the citizenship bill that both the Houses endorsed two times, said Paudel. The petition demanded that the President authenticates the bill. The Office of the President has been named as a defendant in the case.