Kathmandu, Oct. 31 -- The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order against the government's decision to freeze the passports of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, and other senior officials linked to the violent suppression of the September Gen Z protests.

A single bench of Justice Nripadhwaj Niraula on Friday issued only a show cause order, asking the government to clarify why the decision should not be quashed.

Advocate Premraj Silwal had filed the writ petition, arguing that requiring the former leaders to obtain permission to travel from one place to another was unconstitutional.

During the first hearing, the Supreme Court has directed the government and the commission to submit a wr...