The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday issued an order in the name of Judicial Council (JC) to form a constitutional bench.

A full bench of Justices Jagdish Sharma Poudel, Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Anil Kumar Singha and Sapana Malla issued the order today.

Advocate Madhav Basnet had filed a writ petition at the SC demanding immediate formation of the constitutional bench.

As the formation of the constitutional bench is delayed, hearing on the constitutional issues is not conducted for long.

Although the constitutional bench was formed during the stint of Kalyan Shrestha as the Chief Justice, it became non-functional after present Chief Justice Sushila Karki had to work as acting chief justice for some time.

Judicial Council is the body to form the constitutional bench. RSS