Supreme Court denies permission for review of verdict on Nepal Communist Party

Kathmandu, April 1: The Supreme Court has issued an order denying permission for a review on its verdict on a case related to the name of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

A full bench comprising the Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and justices Tej Bahadur KC and Prakash Kumar Dhungana issued the verdict today denying permission for review on the NCP case, upholding the Supreme Court’s earlier verdict to that connection. The Supreme Court, on March 7, gave a verdict in favour of the NCP with Rishi Kattel as the party chairperson and declared that the then CPN (UML) and the then CPN (Maoist Centre) were legally separate parties.

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on March 30 registered an application at the Supreme Court for review of the apex court’s verdict regarding the party’s name. It is argued in the petition that the March 7 decision was seriously flawed as it was against the precedents and principles established by the Supreme Court before this.

The petition has sought justice as per the constitution by making a review of and an annulment of the ‘flawed’ order.