Kathmandu, Sept. 17 -- Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered authorities not to implement two newly adopted provisions of the House of Representatives Rules 2026, temporarily blocking a rule that could have eased the constitutional amendment process and another that sought to give lawmakers special status under existing law.

A five-member constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma issued the interim order, keeping Rule 140(11) and Rule 259 in abeyance until further orders.

The rules were passed on May 31 with the backing of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, which holds a near two-thirds majority in the House. Opposition parties protested during their passage, arguing that some provisions conflicted with the constituti...