Nepal Supreme Court refuses to issue interim order on oath taken by PM Oli

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions against the controversial oath taken by Nepal PM KP Oli.

In a temporary relief for Nepal's embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions against his controversial oath-taking and reappointment of the seven ministers who are not lawmakers. Four writ petitions were filed in the Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday demanding that Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli be sworn in again as he disgraced the office of the President by refusing to repeat all the words she recited during the oath-taking ceremony. The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions on the issue of Oli’s oath and reappointment of the seven ministers who are not lawmakers.