kathmandu nepals supreme court on tuesday reinstated the dissolved house of representatives in a setback to embattled prime minister k p sharma oli who was preparing for snap pollsa fivemember constitutional bench led by chief justice cholendra shumsher jbr annulled the governments decision to dissolve the 275member lower house of parliament and ordered the government to summon the house session within the next 13 daysnepal plunged into a political crisis on december 20 after president bidya dev bhandari dissolved the house of representatives at the recommendation of prime minister oli amidst a tussle for power within the ruling partyolis move to dissolve the house sparked protests from a large section of the nepal communist party led by his rival pushpa kamal dahal prachanda also a cochair of the ruling partyoli repeatedly defended his move to dissolve the house of representatives saying some leaders of his party were attempting to form a parallel governmentas many as 13 writ petitions including the one by the ruling nepal communist partys chief whip dev prasad gurung were filed at the apex court seeking the restoration of the lower house parliament