Kathmandu, July 4 -- The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, which had divided opinions on the legality of appointments to constitutional commissions, remained similarly split on then KP Sharma Oli government's decision to revise the Constitutional Council Act through an ordinance.

After sitting on 15 writ petitions for almost five years, the top court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the Oli-led Constitutional Council to recommend chiefs and members of 11 constitutional commissions, as well as then President Bidya Devi Bhandari's decision to appoint them without parliamentary hearings.

With then Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and leader of the main opposition Sher Bahadur Deuba refusing to show up in the council's meeting, the O...