The apex court issued a show cause notice Wednesday against the council of ministers, ministry of industry, commerce and supply and the Nepal Oil Corporation asking them to justify their move to hike the price of petroleum products.
At the end of the hearing on the writ petition filed by advocates Sudip Poudel, Madhav Kumar Basnet and Harischandra Prasad Upadhaya calling for the intervention of the court on the issue, justice Harischandra Prasad Upadyaya ordered the concerned government bodies to submit a written reply within fifteen days.
The petitioners have claimed that there was no scientific basis for hiking the price of POL products and hence it ought to be revoked. nepalnews.com am Apr 10