KATHMANDU: Supreme Court again postponed the hearing of the Bharatpur vote counting dispute until July 17, citing lack of time today as RSS reported.

Justices—Om Prakash Mishra and Purushottam Bhandari, who were scheduled to conduct the hearing, failed to manage time for the same, resulting in the postponement, said Joint-Spokesperson of the SC, Bishwo Raj Poudel.

Earlier on July 7, a division bench of justices Mira Khadka and Anil Kumar Sinha failed to conclude the hearing.

Advocate Tulasi Pandey and CPN-UML candidate for Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19 Gunjan Man BK had filed a writ petition against the Election Commission's decision to hold re-elections in the metropolis-19 after the vote counting halted following the tearing of ballot papers during the vote count.

Earlier, the cadres of CPN-Maoist Centre's cadres had torn the ballot papers during vote counting of ward number 19 of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City on May 29.