The Supreme Court of Nepal has fixed a hearing date for the writ submitted by former CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, which questions the legitimacy of the Unified Socialist Party (USP) and names the Election Commission as the respondent. The hearing will be conducted by a bench comprising Justices Manojkumar Sharma and Sunil Kumar Pokhrel. The case has been pending at the Supreme Court for four years.
In his writ filed on Bhadra 17, 2078, Oli challenged the legality of the formation of a new party by his former UML colleagues, seeking the removal of 14 Unified Socialist Party MPs from their positions. The plea also named the Political Parties Act ordinance related to the UML split, the then Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, and the Speaker of Lumbini Province as respondents.
Later, following amendments to the Political Parties Act that allowed a party split and registration of a new party only if 20 percent of the central committee or parliamentary party members supported it, the Unified Socialist Party was formed under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal. Oli’s writ continues to contest the legality of this formation.
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