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High
Court acquits former NC MP Aftab Alam (rep
28/05/2025) [???], High
Court acquits Aftab Alam in 2008 Rautahat murder
case : High Court repeals district court’s life
sentence, orders the ex-minister and three others
freed (kp 29/05/2025) [This
case puts the judiciary in a bad light: either the
District Court made a cruel error of judgement in
2019 or has the High Court now ruled in response to
political pressure?], Father
of a Rautahat blast victim shocked by Alam’s
acquittal : Srinarayan Singh’s son Trilok Pratap was
among those killed in the blast, by Shiva Puri
(kp 30/05/2025), Complaint
filed in Judicial Council against High Court judges
who acquitted Alam in murder case (kh
30/05/2025), After
the verdict : The high court’s decision on former
minister Alam appears to rely heavily on
technicality of evidence (kp 30/05/2025)
Hearing
on Lamichhane's writ not to take place today
(rep 21/05/2025) [Whatever he
may have done, the way he has been treated for
months is not worthy of a democratic constitutional
state!], Hearing
concludes on Rabi Lamichhane in case, verdict to
come soon (kh 23/05/2025)
Enhancing
judicial bonding : Indian Chief Justice Gavai has
the opportunity to reinforce the judicial ties
between India and Nepal, by Ananda Mohan
Bhattarai (kp 21/05/2025)
Rabi
Lamichhane’s Surya Darshan case hearing deferred
again (kh 16/05/2025)
Supreme
Court orders release of Rabindra Mishra (kh
16/05/2025)
Local
Courts Enhance Social Justice, by Ritesh Panthee
(rn 22/04/2025)
Just
six cases filed in consumer court’s first month :
Low awareness blamed for slow start. Early cases
range from botched surgeries to faulty products.
Most have headed for out-of-court settlement (kp
22/04/2025)
High
Court acquits Ram Bahadur Bomjan on child sexual
abuse case : Sarlahi District Court had earlier
convicted the controversial ‘guru’ of sexually
abusing ten minors (kp 18/04/2025)
Supreme
Court stays deportation of four Bhutanese refugees :
Nepali authorities arrested three of them from
Beldangi refugee camp and the fourth one from
Bahundangi last month, by Parbat Portel (kp
18/04/2025)
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court overturns 2017 acquittals in Unity Life fraud
: Unity Life International, a pyramid scheme, had
swindled Rs3.79 billion from 368,710 people 15 years
ago, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/04/2025)
Challenges
Of Local Judicial Committee, by Mukti Rijal (rn
17/04/2025)
SC
issues interim order in favor of Prabhu Bank CEO
(rep 16/04/2025)
Suspended
Judge Giri released after acquittal in marital rape
case (rep 14/04/2025)
SC
seeks statement of clarification on High Court’s
order to detain Rabi Lamichhane (kh 13/04/2025)
Panchthar
District Court adopts virtual hearings to enhance
access to justice : The court records statements,
conducts witness testimonies, and legal debates via
video conferencing, by Laxmi Gautam (kp
13/04/2025)
Consumer
Court Enhances Ethical Business, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 17/03/2025), Consumer
court begins work amid rising instances of
negligence, fraud : The first case was lodged by
Basanta Gautam against Om Hospital for alleged
negligence, which killed his father (kp
18/03/2025)
Compensate
Victims Of Miscarriage Of Justice, by Baliram
Kumar Chauhan (rn 14/03/2025)
Nepal
is finally getting the first consumer court from
March 15 (rep 13/03/2025), A
Milestone for Consumer Rights (rep 14/03/2025),
Consumer
court, Nepal’s first, to begin operations today :
The court aims to expedite legal proceedings and
provide swift resolutions to consumer complaints,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/03/2025)
Justice
delayed, dues unpaid: 125,000 years of sentences, Rs
32 billion in fines still in limbo, by Bhasha
Sharma (rep 12/03/2025), Reduce
Backlog of Lawsuits (rep 13/03/2025)
Nepal’s
consumer court to begin hearings from March 15 : On
February 10, the Nepal Gazette published a notice
announcing the court’s formation (kp 21/02/2025)
Government
finally decides to constitute juvenile court : The
court to be established in Bhaktapur will start
service from April 15 per the decision published in
Nepal Gazette (kp 15/02/2025)
Judicial
reforms cannot wait, by Deependra Bista (ae
13/02/2025)
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court finally starts hearing petitions against
four-year-old constitutional body appointments : The
52 appointments made by KP Sharma Oli in his earlier
prime ministerial term were controversial for the
recommendation process was modified through an
ordinance (kp 13/02/2025) [Take
your time! PM Oli, who at the time staged a coup and
was later deposed, was back in office faster than
the SC would even want to react in this important
matter!]
Supreme
Court receives contempt petition in Giribandhu tea
estate case : Advocate Om Prakash Aryal seeks action
against Prime Minister Oli and Minister Adhikari for
non-implementation of court order in the
estate-related case (kp 11/02/2025)
Do
not evict landless squatters, commission tells
governments : Land problem resolution panel says
removing them without proper arrangements breaches
their constitutional rights (kp 09/02/2025)
Govt
decides to set up Nepal’s first consumer court
(rep 05/02/2025), A
Landmark Step for Consumer Rights Protection
(rep 06/02/2025), Protecting
The Rights Of Consumers, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
11/02/2025)
SC
fails to rule on Hitendra Dev Shakya’s case even
after four years, 31 hearings (kh 03/02/2025)
SC
tells govt: Protect citizens’ information (rep
02/02/2025)
SC
Justices to receive minister-like housing in
Pulchowk, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 30/01/2025)
Supreme
Court allows review of decision to lift suspension
of MP Tek Bahadur Gurung (kh 24/01/2025)
Those
appealing from jail cannot be detained for over 6
months: SC, by Bhasa Sharma (rep 24/01/2025)
Lawyers
outraged as judge refuses to detain Rabi Lamichhane
(kh 23/01/2025), Judges’
Society condemns Dinesh Tripathi’s public criticism
of judiciary (kh 24/01/2025)
Supreme
Court questions government for listing murder as
amnestiable : Government and constitutional bodies
asked to clarify 75 percent sentence reduction in
revised law (kp 23/01/2025)
Mandamus
order to immediately shut illegal excavation of
river-based materials (kh 20/01/2025)
Supreme
Court clears path for implementation of National ID
cards (kh 19/01/2025)
‘Justice
is dying in Nepal. Let’s save it!’, by Akhilesh
Tripati (rep 19/01/2025)
Supreme
Court set to deliver verdict on National ID dispute
(kh 19/01/2025)
SC
likely to hear writ petition challenging Oli’s
ordinance appointments in 2020 (kh 15/01/2025) [It is incomprehensible that the SC
has not dealt with such an important issue for four
years, the effects of which have also caused
international damage to Nepal! Now the former PM is
back in office and shows that he regards the SC's
behaviour as a carte blanche!], Lawmakers
voice concern about deferrals in hearing petition
against 2020-21 appointments in constitutional
bodies : National Human Rights Commission officials
urge lawmakers to pressure the government into
introducing the bill to amend NHRC Act in Parliament
(kp 18/01/2025) [This was an
important part of KP Oli's coup d'état at the time
and should finally be judged as such! Oli is
currently proving that he has not changed.]
Supreme
Court says the executive cannot decide order of
precedence arbitrarily : In a 7-year-old petition,
the Constitutional Bench has asked the government to
place chief justice right below the prime minister
(kp 06/01/2025)
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court asks government to fast-track legislation to
govern ride-hailing services : According to the full
text released by the Supreme Court, ride-hailing
services are rapidly becoming a popular potential
alternative to public transit as consumers value
availability, hassle-free, time efficiency and
accessibility (kp 03/01/2025)
Hearing
set for writ challenging Oli’s ordinance
appointments in 2020 (kh 01/01/2025)) [Why was there no immediate court
ruling on this important incident in 2020?],
Hearing
on petition against constitutional appointments
deferred again (kh 01/01/2025) [This is typical!]
A
complicated illusion, by Anupam Bhattarai (ae
31/12/2024)
Women
lawyers present 31-point declaration to improve
justice system (kh 30/12/2024)
NOC's
sham election : The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) on
Saturday held a controversial election for its
executive committee despite the Supreme Court (SC)’s
order against holding the election (rep
29/12/2024)
Special
Court acquits defendants in Pashupatinath Gold
Jalahari case (kh 28/12/2024)
AI
and the future of justice in Nepal : We must embrace
innovations in a way that upholds the values of our
legal system, by Sunil Kumar Yadav (kp
27/12/2024)
Rethinking
Nepal’s judicial committees : The 2015 Constitution
institutionalized judicial committees as part of
Nepal’s federal restructuring, by Krishna Raman
Adhikari (ae 26/12/2024)
Second
Supreme Court setback for CPN (Maoist Centre) in a
year : Constitutional bench bans use of ‘janayuddha’
(People’s War) in government documents (kp
21/12/2024)
Chief
justice publicly asks Bar to send its representative
to Judicial Council : Recommendations are delayed
amid four justice vacancies at Supreme Court and
high courts falling short of 20 judges (kp
19/12/2024)
Consumer
court formation hits bureaucratic hurdle : With a
judge and members of the consumer court appointed a
month ago, the court was supposed to begin hearings
by December (kp 15/12/2024)
Bar-bench
tussle shows no sign of settlement anytime soon
: Two weeks after the Judicial Council wrote to
the Nepal Bar Association to recommend its
representative to the Council, the lawyers’
umbrella body still appears reluctant to do so
(kp 12/12/2024)
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