Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Recommendation of Omprakash Aryal as National Assembly Member

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed against the recommendation of outgoing Home Minister Omprakash Aryal as a member of the National Assembly. The constitutional bench rejected the writ petition submitted by advocates Manish Kumar Shrestha and Basu Khadka. The President’s office had been delaying Aryal’s appointment by citing this petition and faced allegations that President Ram Chandra Paudel was favoring appointing his daughter as a member.

Kathmandu, 26 Chaitra – The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the recommendation of outgoing Home Minister and advocate Omprakash Aryal for membership in the National Assembly. The constitutional bench, led by Chief Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla with Justices Kumar Regmi, Hari Phuyal, Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, and Dr. Nahakul Subedi, decided to reject the petition following the initial hearing on Wednesday.

On 1 Chaitra, the Cabinet meeting decided to recommend then Home Minister Aryal’s appointment to the National Assembly before the President. This decision had been challenged by the writ petition at the Supreme Court. However, the President’s office had halted Aryal’s appointment citing the petition filed in court. Allegations against President Ram Chandra Paudel suggest he showed preference toward appointing his daughter as a National Assembly member, which prompted objections and delayed Aryal’s appointment.