13 lawyers debating on behalf of PM Oli in 1.30 hrs

KATHMANDU, July 2: Hearing on writ petitions registered against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) is being held on Friday as well. 

A total of 13 legal practitioners are schedule to debate on behalf of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the remaining one and a half hours. The defendants have been alloted a total of 15 hours to defend May 22’s House dissolution move. 

Senior advocates Ramesh Guragain, Bishnumani Adhikari and advocate Ishwari Prasad Bhattarai will present their arguments in favor of the dissolution for 10 minutes each. 

Baburam Dahal, PM Oli’s legal expert, will have seven minutes to defend the move. Similarly, Bhojraj Acharya, CP Regmi, Bal Bahadur Rai, Rudra Prasad Pokharel, Shanti Devi Khanal, Bishnu Maya Bhusal, Dharmaraj Regmi, Ananta Luitel and Loknath Kharel will also get seven minutes each. 

Once the pleading by PM Oli’s legal practitioners is over, lawyers representing Speaker Agni Prasad Baskota will debate in the allotted one and a half hours.