Writ Against Company Ordinance Filed

A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court challenging the Company Ordinance 2062 BS which is in operation even when the Parliament session is going on.

Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi, representing the Panas Group Company, filed the petition claiming that no ordinance can function without being approved by the sitting parliament.

Article 72 of the Constitution has provision that any ordinance should either be approved by the parliament within 60 days after sessions starts or be terminated automatically. The petitioner also claimed that the ordinance crossed 60 days on July 14 but the government is still implementing the law.

The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Ministry of Industries, the Office of Company Registrar and the Parliament Secretariat are the defendants of the petition.