INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, July 5
Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court today ordered to procure the case file of the verdict delivered by it in a case
filed by former Princess Prerana Rajya Laxmi Devi Singh.
The order was passed by five member-constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice
Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, Deepak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Meera Khadka and Hari Krishna Karki.
Prerana Singh, daughter of
former King Gyanendra Shah
Photo: THT file
Former princess Prerana Rajya Laxmi Devi Singh had filed a petition at the constitutional bench of the SC on December 21,
demanding the apex court verdict of nationalising her 15 ropani and one ana land, also known as Vijayaghar in Chhauni, be declared
ultra-vires.
Striking down its one-and-a-half-year-old order, a full bench of the SC had on 5 January 2017, ordered the government to
nationalise the land owned by Singh, the daughter of former king Gyanendra
She has also urged the court to scrap the government decision to nationalise her property which she got as a gift from her father Gyanendra
when he was the king with absolute power.
She said the title of the property was held by former king Birendra which was transferred to her
father, former king Gyanendra before it was gifted to her
She argued in her petition that Nepal Trust Act, which came into force on 6 January 2008, was retroactively enforced from 1 June 2001 and
hence it was illegal.
She stated in her petition, &The SC conclusion that Section 4 (1) and (2) of Nepal Trust Act, 2008 have retroactive
effects, which allowed nationalisation of her property was unconstitutional and unfair
These two provisions should be declared ultra-vires ab initio.&
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