SC rejects demand for interim order to postpone local level poll

February 23, Kathmandu: The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected a demand to issue an interim order to put off the local level election slated for May 13.

With this, ways have been paved for the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal to run election-related activities targeting the local level poll.  

A single bench of Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha issued a show-cause notice letting the EC to carry out its schedules for the local level poll.