After court’s observations, questions arise over fate of ordinance budget

The court called the introduction of the budget through an ordinance a week after House dissolution fraudulent. Legal experts say Deuba government can bring a new one.

The Supreme Court’s observation in Monday’s verdict that the introduction of the budget for the next fiscal year 2021-22 by the outgoing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led government as inappropriate and against the representative governance system, has raised questions about whether the new government should implement the budget.