Six cases filed in CA court

Accusing of election rigging, half a dozen cases have been filed in the Constituent Assembly (CA) court.

The petitioners have demanded re-polling in a number of polling centers.

“There are half a dozen cases registered at the court,” Nahakul Subedi, registrar of the court told Kantipur.

Sharat Singh Bhandari, who won from Mahottari-6 as a candidate of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), faces two cases against him.

Other winning candidates who have faced cases at the court include Rambabu Prasad Yadav (MJF, Bara-1); Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat (Nepali Congress, Nuwakot-2); Sher Bahadur Deuba (NC, Dadeldhura); and Ramesh Rijal (NC, Parsa-1).

The court has already summoned Dr. Mahat to discuss about case against him on May 7.

The CA court is authorised to hear cases of election rigging and could even overturn the results if it finds enough evidence of rigging.

The court is headed by Supreme Court judge Anup Raj Sharma and includes judges Tapa Bahadur Magar and Ram Kumar Prasad Shah as members. nepalnews.com sd Apr 26 08