The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) to not allow convicted persons from contesting in the Constituent Assembly elections. Scrapping an interim order, the apex court last Thursday upheld Section 19 of the Constituent Assembly Member Election Ordinance 2013 that bars murder convicts from contesting the election.
Earlier last Monday (September 23), a single bench of Justice Tarka Raj Bhatta had ordered the government and the Election Commission (EC) not to implement Clause 19 (e) of the ordinance concerning election of CA members.
Following the SC order, all murder convicts, including UCPN (Maoist) leader Bal Krishna Dhungel, will be unable to file candidacy for the upcoming CA election scheduled for November 19.
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