Proroguing

But two days after proroguing the House on July 3, Oli told his Cabinet that the rival faction was plotting to oust him and impeach President Bhandari, putting Prachanda and his faction on the back foot, the newspaper noted.

It was successful, and Boris Johnson’s government was found to have acted unlawfully in proroguing parliament.

Something the current government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson has done a number of times, including proroguing Parliament and announcing they are willing to break international law over Brexit negotiations.

Although proroguing parliament - or suspending it from sitting - is not unheard of, this time it was seen as different.

And it goes on to say that the correspondence indicates that proroguing parliament could be possible.

An email from senior government advisers to an adviser in Johnson’s office written in the last ten days says the prime minister recently requested guidance on the legality of such a move, known as proroguing, the newspaper said.

Assuming Mr Johnson does proceed with proroguing Parliament tonight, MPs will not return to Westminster until October 14 - by that point it will be too late to go to the polls before October 31.

Johnson announced the surprise decision Wednesday to dismiss parliament -- known as proroguing - next month for nearly five weeks.

Labour was represented by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who said the Prime Minister was a "threat to democracy" for not ruling out proroguing Parliament.

Lady Hale delivers the supreme court’s verdict on the proroguing of parliament.

No proroguing on Capitol Hill though – unless it’s willful.

Our correspondent Benjamin Kentish has more on the legal advice put together by the shadow attorney general on the proroguing of parliament.

Proroguing sees the end of a parliamentary session - no matter what is being debated.

She fired a warning shot at the Prime Minister - who she accused of committing a 'constitutional outrage' - and vowed to prevent him proroguing the legislature 'by any means necessary'.

So what exactly does the move, known as proroguing Parliament, actually mean for the government and the critical decision-making in the weeks leading up to the deadline?

The UK government’s lawyer, David Johnston, later argued that proroguing Parliament is a political decision for the government, rather than a legal matter for the court to decide.

We could actually end up with an election as early as early November, what with the new proroguing.

Beyond that, the viceroy carries out the other conventional parliamentary duties in the sovereign's absence, including reading the Speech From the Throne and proroguing and dissolving parliament.

Beyond that, the viceroy carries out the other conventional parliamentary duties in the sovereign's absence, including reading the Speech from the throne and the proroguing and dissolving of parliament.