The Supreme Court on February 7 issued a show cause notice in response to the writ petition filed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota against the appointments made recently at various constitutional commissions, reports Kathmandu Post. A single bench of Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana issued the notice in the name of defendants - the President, the Prime Minister, Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, the office of the Constitutional Council, and chairman of the National Assembly. Speaker Sapkota had moved the Supreme Court on February 5 demanding a writ against the appointments claiming that they were made in violation of the constitutional provisions. The Constitutional Council had recommended 38 people on December 15, 2020, for appointment to various commissions. Of them, two had refused their nominations while four were unqualified for the post. Chief Justice Rana administered the oath to 32 appointees at the President's Office on February 3.