Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- The Constitutional Bench of Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled it mandatory for both the lower and upper houses to secure two-thirds majorities in their respective Houses to amend the constitution.

The ruling comes with the issuance of an interim order to keep two provisions of the Rules of HoR, 2083 in abeyance, ruling that they should not be implemented immediately.

A five-member Constitutional Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma and Justices Kumar Regmi, Dr Nahakul Subedi, Binod Sharma and Sharanga Subedi ordered that Rule 140(11) and Rule 259 of the Rules of HoR, 2083 not be implemented. The court also observed that Rule 259 appears, at first glance, to be inconsistent with the Constitution.

The...