Supreme Court schedules hearing on Nepali Congress legitimacy dispute

Key Points

• The Supreme Court scheduled a hearing on the petition by Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction against the Election Commission's recognition of the Gagan Thapa faction.
• The hearing will be conducted by a joint bench of Justices Sharanga Subedi and Nripadhwaj Niraula.
• A previous single bench refused an interim order and directed responses from the Election Commission and parties involved.
• The dispute arose after a special general convention organized by the Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma faction to elect a new working committee.
• The Deuba faction demands annulment of the Election Commission's decision and dissolution of the newly elected committee, citing illegality.