By Our Reporter
Two decisions (amnesty to Resham Chaudhary and authentication of the citizenship law amendment bill) have dragged President Ram Chandra Paudel into controversy.
When the public has expressed their strong views against the decision, cases have also been registered in the Supreme Court challenging the decisions.
In response to the writ, the Supreme Court last week gave continuity to an interlocutory interim order issued against the new amendments to the Citizenship Act and ordered the defendants to present copies of decisions regarding the authentication.
A division bench of Justices Prakash Singh Raut and Sushma Lata Mathema ordered the government to present a copy of the decision of the Cabinet that recommended the President for authentication from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and a copy of the decision to authenticate the bill by President Ramchandra Paudel from Sheetal Niwas.
President Paudel had authenticated the bill to amend the Citizenship Act on May 31.
The apex court had also issued a show cause order in the name of the defendants including the Office of the President.
Senior advocates Surendra Bhandari and Bal Krishna Neupane had filed the petition at the apex court following the President’s authentication of the amendment bill, claiming that President Paudel’s move to endorse the Citizenship Bill was unconstitutional.
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