Ordinance and constitutional body recommendations challenged in court

Writ petitioners argue that the ordinance over functioning of Constitutional Council was ‘unconstitutional’ while defenders say there was no choice but to amend the law.

With the writ petitions against the dissolution of the House of Representatives getting priority in the Supreme Court, two writ petitions against the controversial ordinance on the working procedure of the Constitutional Council, which recommends candidates for appointment to constitutional commissions, and against the recommendations based on the ordinance, have taken a backseat and are now scheduled to be heard on Friday, January 1.