Writ petitions have been submitted to the Supreme Court challenging the government's decision to ban unregistered social media platforms.
On Thursday, the government decided to block various social media platforms, including Facebook, that had not been registered in Nepal.
According to Nirajan Pandey, assistant spokesperson for the Supreme Court, the petitions have not yet been registered.
"Petitions have been received from many people. The Supreme Court is still reviewing them. They have not been registered," he said.
As multiple petitions have been submitted on the same issue, the remaining process will proceed only on Sunday after studying all the petitions, Pandey said.
"Tomorrow is Saturday. It takes time to review. Therefore, the process regarding the registration of the petitions can move forward only on Sunday," he said.
The government initially decided to shut down 26 social media platforms that had not been registered, citing a Supreme Court ruling.
Accordingly, telecommunications and internet service provider companies have already issued notices stating that the social media platforms specified in the government's decision have been shut down.
Among them, Hamro Patro was unblocked after it submitted an application for registration on Thursday itself.
Meanwhile, a representative of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, contacted an employee at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on Thursday evening to inquire about the requirements for registration in Nepal.
Similarly, representatives of X (formerly Twitter) and WeChat have also expressed interest in registering.
