Kathmandu, September 17 The Supreme Court has issued an interim order preventing

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Kathmandu, September 17 The Supreme Court has issued an interim order preventing the implementation of two provisions of the House of Representatives Regulations 2026 that it found inconsistent with the Constitution. The order means that a constitutional amendment bill must be approved separately by a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the National Assembly before the amendment process can move forward. The House had adopted the Regulations 2026 with provisions governing the procedure for constitutional amendments. The provisions had faced objections from opposition lawmakers, who argued that they undermined Nepal’s bicameral parliamentary system. Nepali Congress National Assembly parliamentary party leader Kamala Pant and others filed a petition at the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench, arguing that certain provisions of the regulations were inconsistent with constitutional provisions governing the two chambers. What was the dispute? Article 274 of the Constitution sets out the procedure for constitutional amendments.