Kathmandu, Dec. 3 -- Supreme Court has issued a show-cause order to the government in response to a petition filed by the CPN-UML challenging the formation of the government and the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).The Constitutional Bench has instructed all respondents to submit written replies within seven days through the Office of the Attorney General.

The bench-comprising Chief Justice Prakashman Singh Raut, Senior Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla and Justices Kumar Regmi, Hari Prasad Phuyal and Manoj Kumar Sharma-also ordered that this petition be heard together with earlier cases related to the HoR dissolution and the formation of the government.

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