The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a full hearing on a writ petition challenging the agreement signed between the government and Gen Z representatives, citing that all concerned parties have submitted their written responses.

A bench of justices Kumar Regmi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel directed that the petition be forwarded for a final verdict. The writ was filed by advocate Premraj Silwal, arguing that the agreement raises serious constitutional questions.

Earlier, on December 19, a single bench of Justice Tek Prasad Dhungana had issued a show-cause order in the name of the respondents and sought clarification on the need for an interim order. On December 26, a bench of Justices Regmi and Meghraj Pokharel had ordered that two related writ petitions be consolidated and listed together.

After being repeatedly deferred due to lack of time for hearing, the case has now been sent to a full bench for substantive deliberation.

The writ was filed on December 18, a day after the December 10 agreement was signed between Prime Minister Sushila Karki and Gen Z representatives. Petitioners, including advocates Silwal, Sudip Bhandari, Rohit Ojha and Saroj Kattel, along with law students Ayush Badal, Prabin Paudel and Smriti Adhikari, have claimed the accord is unconstitutional.

The petition argues that an interim government does not have the authority to enter into political and structural agreements with long-term and far-reaching consequences. It also claims that, in the name of a movement, the agreement undermines constitutional limits and pushes the country towards instability.

The petition further objects to provisions that allow the formation of new commissions whose mandates may overlap with constitutional bodies such as the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, calling it an encroachment on constitutionally defined jurisdictions.

The petitioners have sought a writ of certiorari to declare the 10-point agreement, as well as notices published in the Nepal Gazette based on it, unconstitutional and void.

The government–Gen Z agreement, signed in December, recognises the September Gen Z movement as a jana andolan and outlines wide-ranging political, electoral, judicial and institutional reforms, provisions that have since sparked legal and political debate.