Bench of five including CJ Rana to hear petition against Gautam

A bench of five justices including Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumaher Rana will hear the case against appointment of CPN Vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam as National Assembly member on Wednesday.

The bench of Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai on September 23 had sent the petition filed by senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi to the constitutional bench and issued an interim order to stop implementation of the decision to make Gautam National Assembly member.