KATHMANDU, April 17 -- Claims the constitutional provision is clear

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the government the go-ahead for issuing citizenship by descent to the offspring of those who were given citizenship by birth under a special one-time decision taken some 12 years ago.

A division bench of justices Hari Krishna Karki and Bam Kumar Shrestha issued the go-ahead following hearings on Tuesday. Stating that the constitutional provision concerning the matter was clear, the justices said there was no need to hold up the distribution of citizenship to the eligible.

On April 9, the apex court, in response to a public interest litigation filed by senior advocate Balkrishna Neupane, issued a stay order on the citizenship distributi...