The Supreme Court (SC) has not issued interim order in the writ petition demanding Nepalis stranded at the border including those in Dharchula across the Mahakali river be allowed in.
The bench of Justice Hari Krishna Karki hearing the petition filed by advocate Manish Kumar Shrestha has called both the sides for discussion on Monday. It will decide whether to issue interim order or not after hearing arguments of both the sides.
"Do assign the hearing for discussion on interim order on April 6 as it would be appropriate to decide on the interim order after keeping both the sides for discussion considering the sensitivity of the submitted application," the SC has stated on Thursday.
The SC hearing the petition by advocate Meena Basnet and Madhav Basnet challenging the decision to shut down international flights and border points earlier had also stated that the interim order will be issued only after hearing arguments of both the sides.
Over 700 Nepalis are stranded in Dharchula, India across the Mahakali river from Darchula. They have not been allowed to come to Nepal as the borders are shut after the lockdown. Three of them had swam across the Mahakali to Nepal but they were detained. The rest have been quarantined in India.
There are also reports of Nepalis being stranded at many border points with India along the plains.
