A constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Friday concluded a preliminary hearing on a writ petition filed against the decision of the Parliament Secretariat to invalidate the impeachment motion against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana.

A total of six senior advocates—Krishna Prasad Bhandari, Shambhu Thapa, Badri Bahadur Karki, Purnaman Shakya, Tikaram Bhattarai and Nepal Bar Association President Gopalkrishna Ghimire—pleaded on behalf of the petitioners demanding the annulment of the decision.

A constitutional bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki comprising Justices Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha, Ishwar Khatiwada, Aananda Mohan Bhattarai and Anil Kumar Sinha heard the litigation filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Justices are now holding consultations and an order is expected today.

Supreme Court Bar Association President Purnaman Shakya, Vice President Mukunda Prasad Paudel, Secretary Rishiram Ghimire, Treasurer Vinod Kumar Karki and members Bikash Bhattarai, Ananta Raj Luitel, Deep Narayan Sah, Amita Gautam and Ramhari Tripathi had moved the apex court challenging the decision of the Parliament Secretariat on Wednesday.

The petitioners have demanded the apex court annul the decision.