A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court against the 10-point agreement reached between the government and Gen Z representatives.
The petition was registered at the Supreme Court on Thursday, raising constitutional questions regarding the agreement signed on December 10 between Prime Minister Sushila Karki and representatives of the Gen Z movement.
The petition was filed by advocates Sudip Bhandari, Rohit Ojha, Saroj Kattel, along with law students Ayush Badal, Prabin Paudel, Smriti Adhikari, and others, arguing that the agreement is unconstitutional. The hearing on the petition has been scheduled for Friday.
The petition claims that an interim government does not have the authority to enter into long-term political and structural agreements with far-reaching consequences.
It further states that the country is being pushed toward instability by overstepping constitutional limits in the name of the movement.
The petition also argues that provisions to form a new commission overlapping with the jurisdiction of constitutional bodies such as the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) are against the spirit of the Constitution and amount to an encroachment on constitutional authority.
The petition seeks a writ of certiorari to declare as unconstitutional and quash the 10-point agreement and the notice published in the Nepal Gazette based on it.
It also requests an interim order prohibiting the government from implementing the provisions of the agreement until a final verdict is delivered, arguing that their implementation would cause long-term damage to the state structure and constitutional practice.
