Nepal's Supreme Court has cleared the decks for the government to go ahead with a crucial Constitution amendment bill, deciding against issuing an interim order to stall the bid citing separation of powers. A division bench of Chief Justice Sushila Karki and Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada issued the order that the judiciary cannot not bar the legislature from using its wisdom in the formulation of a legislation, on the basis of the principle of separation of powers. The bench gave the ruling in response to two writs filed separately by an advocate and five others.The bill, which was registered at the Parliament Secretariat in November, aims to accommodate the demands of the agitating Madhesi and ethnic groups that include citizenship and boundary demarcation issues among others.<br/>