HEARING

HEARING OF LEGALITY OF REG,I GOVT. AT SUPREME COURT AGAIN RESCHEDULED
Kathmandu, 2 Aug.: Supreme court Friday set
29 August a new date for  hearing of constitutionality test of the Chief Justice Khil Raj
Regmi's appointment as the country's interim chief executive while
continuing as chief justice..


A hearing was
was scheduled for Thursday/..

A 10 member special  bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Damodar
Prasad Sharma, is hearing arguments.
 Hearings have been repeatedly rescheduled.
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DETAILS OF THAPA ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE

Kathmandu, 2 Aug.:  Newly elected Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Surya Bahadur Thapa has assumed his office on Friday, RSS reports..

He assumed his office amidst a special programme organised by the party here today. On the occasion, he urged the supporters of the 11-point agreement to be serious towards settling the existing constitutional and political problems facing the country.

Chairman Thapa also urged the political parties in the High-Level Political Committee to be sensitive towards convincing the opposing parties to take part in second Constituent Assembly election and completing the task of electoral constituency delineation.

Stating that activities of the election government and Election Commission are motivating, he said his party has taken the November 19 CA election as 'challenge' and 'opportunity'.

Similarly, newly elected party central members including Kiran Giri, Indra Prasad Dhungel, Thakur Prasad Sharma, Shibaran Thapa, Baburam Basnet and Bhim Prasad Gauchan were sworn-in by party Chairman Thapa.

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