Nepalese Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Prachanda and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar and asked them to furnish written clarifications within a week informing the rationale behind the registration of Constitution amendment bill to address Madhesis' deamands.<br/><br/>The Himalayan Times reported that a single bench of Justice Jagadish Sharma Paudel ordered the two leaders to furnish written clarifications within a week and set December 20 as the date for next hearing on the case filed against the government move.<br/><br/>The ruling Nepali Congress-Maoist coalition government on<br/>November 29 had registered the amendment bill at the Parliament Secretariat in order to address demands put forth by the agitating Madhesi parties. <br/><br/>The amendment bill is aimed at carving out a new province to meet the demands of agitating Madhesis and other ethnic groups whose protests last year left more than 50 people dead.<br/><br/>Following the registration, the Ex-lawmakers Forum challenged the Constitution Amendment Bill in the court, seeking a stay on the amendment process.

Nepalese Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Prachanda and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar and asked them to furnish written clarifications within a week informing the rationale behind the registration of Constitution amendment bill to address Madhesis' deamands.<br/><br/>The Himalayan Times reported that a single bench of Justice Jagadish Sharma Paudel ordered the two leaders to furnish written clarifications within a week and set December 20 as the date for next hearing on the case filed against the government move.<br/><br/>The ruling Nepali Congress-Maoist coalition government on<br/>November 29 had registered the amendment bill at the Parliament Secretariat in order to address demands put forth by the agitating Madhesi parties. <br/><br/>The amendment bill is aimed at carving out a new province to meet the demands of agitating Madhesis and other ethnic groups whose protests last year left more than 50 people dead.<br/><br/>Following the registration, the Ex-lawmakers Forum challenged the Constitution Amendment Bill in the court, seeking a stay on the amendment process.