What is legislative intent and why lawyers want the bench to look to it

Advocates bring an interview and video clip of Subas Nembang to justices’ notice to argue the point that constitutional provisions be followed not only in letter but in spirit too.

As lawyers pleading on behalf of petitioners challenging Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s House dissolution move continued to parse constitutional provisions, advocate Dinmani Pokhrel brought up one of Subas Nembang’s interviews in which the two-time Constituent Assembly chair said the current constitution does not allow a prime minister to dissolve Parliament.