Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction Over Local Executive Directives

Kathmandu. The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has clarified that the Constitutional Bench does not have the jurisdiction to examine the validity of procedures or directives issued by the executive bodies of local levels.

The court dismissed a writ petition filed by a teacher from SunKoshi Rural Municipality in Sindhuli, who was dismissed from her post, due to lack of jurisdiction. The Constitutional Bench, comprising then Acting Chief Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla and Justices Kumar Regmi, Hari Prasad Phuyal, Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, and Dr. Nahakul Subedi, dismissed the petition. The full text of the verdict, which was made on April 4, 2082 BS, was recently made public.