NTA
removes provision of ‘government ownership’ from
Telecommunications Act (rep 27/09/2023)
The
Good Death: Should It Be Made Legal in Nepal?, by
Diwakar Dhakal (rep 08/09/2023)
Labor
Act applicable even to employees of banks and financial
institutions: SC, by Bhasa Sharma (rep 03/09/2023)
Will
the Electricity Bill be passed?, by Himal Lamsal
(rep 03/09/2023)
40
laws needed to enforce constitution still lacking : In
eight years, provincial and local governments unable to
pass essential laws for lack of corresponding federal
Acts, by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/08/2023)
'Social
Welfare Act' to be amended as an umbrella act (rep
31/07/2023)
New
e-commerce law to ensure consumer protection : The draft
bill has proposed two to three years in jail and fines
ranging from Rs300,000 to Rs500,000 for errant sellers,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 05/07/2023)
'Amend
laws in accordance with Palermo protocol' (ht
29/06/2023)
Torture
laws need to be amended, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
27/06/2023)
President
Paudel authenticates Citizenship Bill (kh
31/05/2023)
Writ
petition filed at SC seeks to declare contradictory
constitutional and legal provision for political parties
null and void (rep 26/05/2023) [The
Political Parties Act is in any case undemocratic in
many respects and primarily oriented towards securing
the power of top politicians!]
‘There
should be no 5-year statute of limitation on corruption
cases’ (rep 10/05/2023), TI-Nepal
draws attention on bills to amend two commissions
(kh 10/05/2023)
Bill
aimed at tackling private sector corruption gets
National Assembly nod : Once the bill is
endorsed by the lower house, the Commission for
the Investigation of Abuse of Authority will be
able to investigate private firms linked to
public interest, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/04/2023)
New
bill stirs telecom sector : The provisions related to
the license fee and renewal fee in the draft bill will
provide big relief to telecom companies struggling to
pay government dues as well as new ones planning to
enter the telecom sector, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
27/03/2023)
Amendment
of TRC bill becoming controversial again, by Devesh
Jha (kh 13/03/2023), ‘Regular
justice system in play when transitional justice bodies
are defunct’, Human rights and constitutional lawyer
Raju Prasad Chapagain on ways to take the transitional
justice process forward (interview) (kp 13/03/2023)
New
bylaw to allow consumers to make claim for service
interruption : If a customer is hampered by network
issues, telecom operators will have to compensate them
for the downtime, by Krishana Prasain (kp
05/03/2023)
Trademark
bill languishes as infringement cases rise : Four years
ago, the government prepared a draft bill to introduce a
law on trademark, copyright and intellectual property
rights. It is gathering dust, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 01/03/2023)
Constitutional
Council Act being amended : Bill proposes provisions for
six-member council to recommend office-bearer candidates
for constitutional bodies by its chair and two members
(kp 26/02/2023)
Landmark
bill to boost women candidacy in polls : Election
Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s
candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/02/2023)
Intertwined
Digital Rights and Digital Technologies, by Kalyan
Shrestha (kh 14/11/2022)
Digital
economy overtakes e-commerce legislation : The
proliferation of online shopping and e-retailers has
made e-commerce laws urgently necessary, insiders say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/11/2022)
People
found unaware of laws (rn 25/09/2022)
Revisiting
Nepal’s land laws : Nearly all infrastructure
projects have encountered issues concerning land
acquisition, by Adhiraj Regmi & Sourav
Dhungana (kp 24/08/2022)
Parliament
endorses bill on oath, seven years after
constitution promulgation : Confusion had arisen
over oath-taking in the absence of a law. The
new law will come into force after President’s
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/08/2022)
Amendments
to transitional justice law ‘progressive but not
satisfactory’ : Government registers bill seeking
changes in Act seven years after top court ruling that
struck down amnesty provisions in serious human rights
violations, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/07/2022)
Govt
registers Citizenship Bill in Parliament : Home Minister
and Law Minister in a rush seeking consensus (kh
11/07/2022), Govt
holds discussion with UML leader Nembang on citizenship
bill (rep 11/07/2022)
Bill
to amend Constitutional Council Act: Bishwa Prakash
Sharma seeks accountability from PM : In what appears to
be a case of blatant disregard for the rule of law and
spirit of the constitution, the Deuba government is
trying to amend the Constitutional Council Act in the
same way done by his predecessor the KP Oli-led
government (nlt 11/07/2022)
House
passes bill for security of Valley by Nepal Police in
coordination with Province Police (rep 11/07/2022)
New
children's regulation seeks to promote child rights
(ht 08/06/2022)
Laws
should be revised and amended to make local level
effective: Gagan Thapa (kh 28/05/2022)
Enact
Intellectual Property Law, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
24/05/2022)
Private
sector calls for law to engage in power trade :
Currently, only Nepal Electricity Authority has the
permission to trade power as per Section 20 of the Nepal
Electricity Act-1984, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/04/2022)
National
Broadcasting (11th Amendment) Regulation, 2021 looks
suspicious: Nepal Working Group for Internet Freedom
(rep 23/03/2022)
Transitional
justice law yet to be revised 7 years since court order
: Campaigners to move court to hold officials in
contempt for not abiding by the ruling, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/02/2022)
New
law afoot to make parliamentary hearing accountable
(kh 29/01/2022)
Legal
experts suggest ruling parties to amend inconsistent
laws (kh 24/01/2022), Don't
misinterpret law : The political parties in power should
not misinterpret the legal provisions, simply to serve
their political interest (ht 24/01/2022)
Constitutional
and legal contradictions surface amid local election
talks : Some parties in the ruling coalition appear to
be in bid to exploit the loopholes to delay local level
polls, which have been proposed by the poll body for
April-May, by Anil Giri (kp 19/01/2022)
Despite
constitutional mandate, women’s representation in Nepali
politics remains minimal, by Anushka Nepal (nlt
07/01/2022)
Burning
despair : The recent law on acid attacks is a step in
the right direction but it would’ve gone a longer way
had it also accounted for burn survivors, by Marissa
Taylor (rec 06/01/2022)
Implementation
Of Act Related To Right To Housing Gets Affected Without
Regulations, by Purna Prasad Mishra (rn 03/01/2022)
Planned
‘development law’ to clear hurdles in infrastructure
projects : Bill says landowners must accept the
compensation agreed on by over 50 percent of affected
landowners, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/12/2021)
What
happens when you formulate laws but do not implement
them? In Nepal, we have scores of laws which have never
been implemented. This has had a deleterious effect in
good governance and rule of law, by Jivesh Jha (nlt
26/10/2021)
National
Land Commission Formation Order issued (ht
04/10/2021)
Ordinance
relating to Political Parties will be withdrawn today:
Prachanda (kh 27/09/2021) [An
ordinance for which the HoR session was specially
terminated so that the parties could split is now to be
withdrawn. This approach sounds neither democratic nor
constitutional, even though the Political Party Act also
contains various undemocratic passages. In its present
form, it underpins party rule, not people's rule!],
President
revokes ordinance on political parties (kh
28/09/2021), Abrupt
withdrawal of ordinance relating to political parties
shows it was meant for UML split: KP Oli (kh
28/09/2021) [How true! The Deuba
government's action was as undemocratic and
unconstitutional as the various actions of the previous
Oli government. The top politicians are destroying
democracy! The Political Party Act urgently needs to be
revised, but please through Parliament!], Ordinance
on political parties repealed, but moral questions
remain : Experts say the way the government has acted,
in introducing and repealing the ordinance, it has
clearly misused power and undermined the rule of
law, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/09/2021)
Protest
held at Maitighar for legalisation of marijuana in Nepal
: The protestors also demanded release of Rajiv Kafle, a
long time advocate of legalisation of the herb in the
country and abroad. He was arrested on charge of
possession, consumption and distribution of marijuana
two weeks ago (kp 20/09/2021)
Controversial
amendment to Income Tax Act: Manipulation to legalize
illegal property, by Dilip Ppudel (rep 19/09/2021)
Govt
bringing ordinance to amend Political Parties Act 2017 :
Province and local level representatives will be able to
choose the party (kh 17/08/2021) [Many
amendments to the Political Parties Act would be
necessary. The current amendment is mainly to facilitate
a split of CPN-UML and JSPN. But why is the amendment
again made through an Ordinance and not through
Parliament, whose session was therefore ended the day
before?], With
ordinance challenged in court, doubts over Nepal and
Thakur’s new parties : Six advocates have petitioned
against Deuba government’s ordinance to ease party
splits, demanding its annulment and actions based on it,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/08/2021)
Prez
Bhandari annuls ordinance amending Constitutional
Council procedure (rep 18/07/2021)
Crime
Victim Protection Act issued (ht 08/07/2021), Protecting
the victims : Crime victims will come forward to lodge
complaints against the offenders as the act has
provisions to protect them and their privacy (ht
09/07/2021)
Three
years in jail for assaulting health workers (rep
07/06/2021)
Legalise
marijuana : Nepal should look into the prospects of the
constructive use of cannabis, by Roshee Lamichhane
(kp 22/04/2021)
Seized
assets to be used to earn revenue : Earlier, property
confiscated by the government used to remain unused
until the court had delivered final verdicts, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/03/2021) [Such
a decision should always be in the hands of the
judiciary, not the executive!]
Patent
registration in Nepal: Why so few?, by Nina Regmi
(ht 05/03/2021)
Civil
Service Bill In Limbo, by Mukti Rijal (rn
25/02/2021)
Nepal
needs to amend human trafficking laws to fully enforce
Palermo Protocol, experts say : Existing laws define the
crime in a narrow sense and fail to protect the victims,
they argue, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/02/2021)
Enact
the law : It is hard to define what constitutes contempt
of court when the parliament has not enacted a law to
this effect (ht 17/02/2021)
Intellectual
property versus consumer rights : Regulators must come
between the act of cheating and the violation of
consumer rights, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp
16/02/2021)
Effects
of the dissolution : Two dozen bills will lapse or have
their enforcement processes halted until the House
resumes, by Sushrey Nepal (kp 09/02/2021) [The
responsibility for this lies with the power-hungry KP
Oli and the president who blindly supports him!]
Copyright
infringement : Its remedy, by Nina Regmi (ht
09/02/2021
Draft
e-commerce bill is finally prepared, but has too many
issues, stakeholders say : These include lack of
clarity, privacy concerns and accountability. Officials
admit flaws and say suggestions are welcome for the
final bill but there is no House to pass it into law,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/01/2020), Structural
bottlenecks : The spillover effect of having a robust
e-commerce strategy will create more jobs (kp
05/01/2021)
Trademark
counterfeiting: Time to review its laws, by Anusuiya
Chaulagain (ht 14/12/2020)
Injustice
to Registered Auditors : Why the state’s apathy?, by
Dinesh Timsina (ht 07/10/2020)
UN
rapporteurs concerned over proposed citizenship law :
Some provisions seem discriminatory against women, and
sexual minorities, they say, by Anil Giri (kp
26/09/2020)
Acid
attackers to face jail term of upto 20 years and fine of
Rs 1 million (rep 25/09/2020)
How
a pandemic law would have helped fight the virus and
strengthened federalism : Nepal has resorted to the
six-decade-old Infectious Disease Act, which does not
talk about people’s rights, but empower
bureaucrats to punish citizens, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 07/09/2020)
New
cyber security law requires firms to use
information sharing platform : The purpose of the
platform is to establish a cyber security community to
detect and prevent cyber attacks, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/09/2020)
Copyright
Act Amendment: What’s new and important?, by
Priyanjana Bhattarai (ht 22/08/2020)
Lawmakers
point out flaws in Prison Bill-2020: Say it fails to
incorporate provision on counselling, deploying female
cops inside prisons (ht 30/07/2020)
Rukum
(West) murder of six youths was result of caste-based
discrimination, parliamentary probe says: Study finds
sheer lapses on the part of the local administration,
local government and police in handling the incident,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/07/2020)
Proposed
electronic commerce law sent to Industry Ministry for
review: The budget for the next fiscal year has also
accorded priority to online transactions, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 01/07/2020)
Controversial
provisions in corruption-related bills to be revised but
private sector to remain under the purview of anti-graft
body: Opposition leaders and the private sector continue
to object to the bills, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
30/06/2020)
Amendment
bill to allow CIAA to investigate private sector lands
in Upper House despite criticism: The opposition and
analysts believe that the amendment is politically
motivated and could be used to conduct witch-hunts
against private individuals and institutions, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2020)
House
panel endorses bill to amend Citizenship Act amid
objections from three parties: Opposing parties and
rights activists call seven-year rule for foreign women
married to Nepali men to get naturalised citizenship a
regressive move, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
22/06/2020) [Long live
male Bahunbad with its misogynistic patriarchal
thinking! Laws must apply equally to all people,
regardless of gender!]
House
panel endorses bill allowing intelligence agency to
listen in on conversations: The bill passed with the
support of the opposition Nepali Congress, despite legal
experts sounding the alarm over its potential for misuse
and privacy violations, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/03/2020)
Statistics
bill proposes establishment of national data system
(ht 14/03/2020)
Monitoring
and Evaluation Bill tabled at NA (ht 13/03/2020)
Bill
seeking legalisation of cultivation and consumption of
medical marijuana registered in Parliament: The bill,
registered privately by a ruling party lawmaker, seeks
to reverse a 50-year
proscription on the cultivation, consumption and sale of
marijuana, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/03/2020)
Civil
code deems a man and woman married if a child is born,
but opinions are divided: While some rights activists
believe that the provision will help ensure citizenship
for the child, others see it as a patriarchal
imposition, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 27/02/2020)
Army
(First Amendment) Bill presented in HoR (rep
19/02/2020)
Measures
and weights law likely to be amended: The amendment will
bring uniformity according to international standards,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 16/02/2020)
CIAA
stresses need to revise public procurement laws (rep
16/02/2020)
Eighth
amendment to Land Act imposes new land ceiling (ht
15/02/2020)
New
act stipulates jurisdiction of federal, provincial
police (ht 13/02/2020)
NA
committee endorses Media Council Bill (ht
28/01/2020), House
panel removes Rs 1m fine for journalists, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 28/01/2020)
Bill
of surveillance: Special Service Bill provides
unrestricted right to the government to collect
information via supervision and interception of
communication of any person or organization. This is
dangerous, by Roshani Giri and Harihar Khadka (rep
25/01/2020)
Local
and provincial governments have been allowed to draft
laws fixing jail terms and fine in civil offences:
Authorities must ensure that such laws do not contradict
federal laws and they should not be misused, experts say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/01/2020)
Govt
drafting Intellectual Property Rights Bill (rep
18/12/2019)
Kathmandu’s
Newars watch cautiously after government hints at
reviving the Guthi Bill: Although officials said the new
land bill will include suggestions from indigenous
communities, local leaders say no one has reached out to
them yet, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/12/2019)
Stakeholders
prepare for consultations on TJ bill (rep
20/11/2019)
Province
2 takes centre to court over Forest Act (ht
19/11/2019), Controversial
law: As the Federal Parliament has already passed the
Forest Act, the constitutional bench in the apex court
should look into its veracity (ht 20/11/2019)
Amended
Advertisement Act comes into force (ht 16/11/2019)
Draft
of Electricity Act gathering dust for over a month,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/11/2019)
Bill
seeks to transfer mgm't of prisons to provinces, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 09/11/2019)
Don't
bet on it: In Nepal, the laws related to gambling are
primitive and do not take into account nuances, by
Akshya Aryal (kp 06/11/2019)
New
bill clearly lays out functions, duties of NSC (ht
03/11/2019)
Workers
of all hues need to unite: Organising workers in trade
unions is key to implementing the new labour-related
laws, by Himalaya Kharel (kp 01/11/2019)
Police
adjustment hits snag as bills remain stalled in absence
of speaker, by Ashok Dahal (rep 22/10/2019)
President
authenticates Environment Protection Bill-2019 (ht
13/10/2019)
Law
to ensure safe, decent public transportation (ht
18/09/2019)
HoR
endorses bill on management of police force (ht
13/09/2019)
Government
drafts environment bill (ht 04/09/2019)
Land
Use Act 2019: An Overview, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
29/08/2019)
Bill
related to national ID card endorsed (ht 28/08/2019)
Amendment
proposals on bills related to police force registered,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 26/08/2019)
Progressive
act: Classifying land into different groups should help
concentrate the required infrastructure in them (ht
26/08/2019)
‘Delegated
laws not based on main laws’, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 25/08/2019)
Nepal
Parliament: Transport management bill envisages sweeping
reforms (ht 25/08/2019)
Land
use act: Up to Rs 3 lakh fine for misusing land, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 24/08/2019)
Petition
filed against laws of six provinces (ht 20/08/2019)
New
forest bill addresses community forest user groups’
concerns: House panel; Sub-divisional forest offices to
be established in all the local levels, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 18/08/2019)
New
bill amending Land Act will distribute land to squatters
for the ‘last time’: The government has, through
numerous commissions, handed over thousands of bighas of
land to 150,000 families since 1990, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 17/08/2019)
NHRC
for rights friendly environment protection bill (ht
01/08/2019)
CIAA
and Prevention of Corruption Act: New drafts propose
amendments; This will enhance CIAA’s scope for action
(ht 21/07/2019)
‘Juvenile
justice laws need to change’, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
14/07/2019)
Doctors
take exception to new law that allows late-term
abortions in special cases: A new provision allows
abortions in cases of rape,incest or danger to health at
up to 28 weeks, by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/07/2019)
In
yet another protectionist move, Oli administration
prepares to limit foreign film screenings: A new law
will mandate showing Nepali films exclusively for half a
year, and limiting foreign movies—predominantly
Bollywood—to 185 days, by Timothy Aryal and Anil
Giri (kp 03/07/2019)
Forest
Bill is faulty and it raises questions over ownership:
Experts; The bill is a reflection of how the country’s
bureaucracy still functions from the centralised
mindset, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/07/2019)
New
bill to regulate import of plants, its products: Those
who import infected plants will be slapped with a fine
of up to Rs 1 lakh (ht 30/06/2019)
Amendment
bill to regulate engineering profession (ht
28/06/2019)
What’s
wrong with Passport Bill? Problem with the Passport Bill
is not with power of the executive to deny or cancel
passport but with absence of clear grounds on which the
executive can write for denial and cancellation, by
Roshani Giri (rep 27/06/2019)
Replacement
of five-decade-old food act facing delays (ht
27/06/2019)
Three
new laws suggested to run civil aviation authority,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/06/2019)
New
juvenile justice rules issued (ht 09/06/2019)
Heritage
experts, academics voice concern over proposed bill on
Guthi: Brought up secretly in Upper House, the
controversial bill has provisions that will destroy
century-old Guthi tradition, they warn, by Anup Ojha
( kp 03/06/2019), Protests
against Guthi Bill to continue in Kathmandu valley:
Activities of guthis a vestige of feudalism: Minister
Baskota (ht 14/06/2019), Everything
you need to know about the Guthi Bill: The bill, which
proposes controlling all public and private
trusts, has outraged the Valley’s indigenous
community, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 15/06/2019), Ills
of the Guthi Bill: The biggest blunder is disqualifying
indigenous people from their rightful ownership of
community structures, by Sanyukta Shrestha (kp
16/06/2019)
Amended
public procurement regulation may lead to summary
termination of contracts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/05/2019), Contractors
charged with graft to be barred from fresh bidding
(kp 21/05/2019)
Polygraph
test inadmissible as evidence, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 19/05/2019)
New
rules to commute jail sentence of prisoners (ht
08/05/2019)
Govt
renews ban on essential services strike (ht
04/05/2019)
Prioritise
intellectual property rights: Copyright laws need to be
updated to keep up with technological advancements,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 26/04/2019)
Govt
drafting 29 bill proposals (ht 24/04/2019)
Local
governments: In need of town planning act, by Umesh
B Malla (ht 01/04/2019)
Clarity
over
hasty changes: The amended Foreign Investment and
Technology Transfer Act is a necessity but it must be
free from ambiguities, by Zubin Niroula Khatri (kp
29/03/2019)
Foreign
Investment and Technology Transfer Bill 2019:
Restriction on contract manufacturing draws flak, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/03/2019)
Government
authorities fail to protect consumer rights, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 17/03/2019)
Call
to
amend Nepal Health Professional Council Act to make it
effective: Ministry spokesperson says the council is in
a bad shape and amendments to the Act are a must to
improve it, by Nayak Paudel (kp 27/02/2019)
Contradictory
bills tabled before investment summit, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 27/02/2019)
Proposed
law gives new powers to Investment Board Nepal, by
Bibek Subedi (ht 26/02/2019)
Mandatory
provision to ensure quality of Environment Impact
Assessment reports on the cards, by Sanjeeb Phuyal
(kp 26/02/2019)
With
a new IT bill, state draws battle lines against free
speech: In attempting to regulate social media
platforms, Oli administration violates the freedom of
speech and opinion guaranteed under the constitution,
experts say, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 16/02/2019), Information
technology bill: 1.5 million rupees fine, five years
jail sentence or both proposed (ht 17/02/2019)
Govt
moots joint land ownership in couples’ names, by
Rewati Sapkota (kp 09/02/2019)
Bill
on civil servants’ transfer against federalism, say
lawmakers (ht 09/02/2019)
Ex-envoy
Maskey flays bill on nuclear use (ht 05/02/2019), Why
this
Nuclear Bill? Nepal appears to be poised for a heedless
jump into the thick of nuclear research reactors and
nuclear fuel cycle facilities. This course should be
avoided, by Mahesh K Maskey (rep 05/02/2019)
Bill
on endangered flora, fauna passed (kp 17/01/2019)
Bill
obliges children to deposit certain percentage of salary
in parents’ account, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
13/01/2019)
Govt
proposes to curtail PSC’s autonomy: Public Service
Commission office bearers seek amendment to bill,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 12/01/2019)
New
bill proposes banning adverts on utility poles (rep
12/01/2019)
Bill
requires children to allocate portion of income to
elderly parents, by Ashok Dahal (rep 11/01/2019)
Bill
to scrap controversial Tax Settlement Act, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/12/2018)
Medical
education bill: Panel yet to agree on key points, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 25/12/2018)
Govt
registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
(rep 24/12/2018)
Food
department prepares to replace 5-decade-old Food Act:
Draft of Food Safety and Standards Act 2018 being
submitted this week, by Arpane Ale Magar (rep
24/12/2018)
Bill
on safe, peaceful use of nuclear materials registered
(ht 24/12/2018)
New
law helping men file divorce cases, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 15/12/2018)
Enactment
of Laws on Competition, by Aakriti Khanal (kp
12/12/2018)
Ministry
finds 174 laws clashing with statute, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/12/2018) [Almost 39 months after the constitution came into
force?!]
Amendment
to Financial Procedure Act: Government proposes
termination of errant contractors through new law, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/11/2018)
Govt
moves
to tighten the screws on liquor market through new law:
“The proposed blanket ban without any study does not serve
govt’s purpose” (rep 25/11/2018)
Ministry
mulls new investment modality law, by Bibek Subedi (kp
25/11/2018)
Copyrighting
seeds: Plant variety protection laws are one of the
important concerns for agrarian Nepal, by Saurav
Ghimire (kp 23/11/2018)
New
alcohol control law in the offing, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 22/11/2018)
Preparations
on to amend local level Act 2074 (kp 17/11/2018)
New
law guarantees right of crime victims to justice (ht
17/11/2018)
‘New
Consumer Protection Act meek and full of flaws’, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/11/2018)
Revision
of Acts contradicts statutes: Law Ministry informs all
ministries to review Acts, submit by Wednesday, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2018)
New
civil codes adds to rising divorce cases, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya and DB Budha (rep 24/10/2018)
No
law on altruistic surrogacy despite Supreme Court
directive, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/10/2018)
Process
to update laws delayed: Government has five months to
amend Acts in line with new statute, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/10/2018), 315
laws need to be amended by March 4 (rep 15/10/2018)
Muluki
codes being amended to address docs’ concerns (kp
25/09/2018), Criminal
Code and Public Health Act: Consumer activists reject
new laws (kp 27/09/2018), Dr
KC lashes at Minister Pokharel for ‘blocking’ bill,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 29/09/2018)
Tea
industrialists seek amendment to Labor Act, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 25/09/2018)
Harmful
chemicals law not enacted despite SC order, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 23/09/2018)
Civil,
penal codes will be revised, says minister (ht
23/09/2018)
New
Transportation Act compels drivers to switch profession,
by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 19/09/2018)
Law
ministry to review more than 100 laws (ht
18/09/2018)
Anti-money
laundering laws to be included in Co-op Act (kp
17/09/2018)
House
endorses revised ‘press-friendly’ Privacy Bill (kp
16/09/2018)
Consumer
Protection Bill: Parliament to endorse bill by September
18 (kp 14/09/2018)
Right
to
privacy: Bill to permit disclosure of public officials’
property; Secretary at the committee says the body has
agreed unanimously to ask civil servants and officials
to disclose their records to the public (hkp
12/09/2018), Revised
privacy bill limits privacy of public office bearers:
Task force formed to revise laws curtailing press
freedom (rep 12/09/2018)
Amendment
to right to privacy bill sought, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 09/09/2018)
Doctors’
Professional Ethics, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
05/09/2018)
Bill
seeks to protect consumers’ rights (ht 05/09/2018)
Muluki
Codes drafting influenced by donors, INGOs: Experts,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 02/09/2018) [??]
Hospital
services to be disrupted: Doctors to halt services
except for emergency today (kp 02/09/2018)
Amend
‘repressive’ provisions of Muluki codes: Deuba (rep
27/08/2018)
New
civil code gives women reason to rejoice: Women to get
equal share of parental and husband’s property, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 26/08/2018)
Bill
bars divorce on grounds of reproductive health (ht
26/08/2018)
Bill
to amend and integrate Insurance Act: Policyholders
fourth in payment priority order in case insurers go
bust (rep 23/08/2018)
Writ
at top court against new Civil, Criminal Codes (kp
21/08/2018), Muluki
codes provisions challenged at SC (rep 21/08/2018)
New
laws require six regulations to implement fully (kp
19/08/2018)
New
criminal, civil codes come into effect: Former CJ Regmi
says new civil code simplifies language of the General
Code (ht 17/08/2018), Civil
and Criminal Codes: ‘Faulty provisions will be changed’
(kp 18/08/2018) [Statement by PM
Oli on the day when the 'faulty provisions' came into
effect!], Criminal
Code to affect emergency patients most: NMA vice-prez (rep
18/08/2018)
New
bill guarantees citizens’ right to housing (ht
16/08/2018)
Know
your
new laws: Muluki Civil Code and Muluki Criminal Code are
going to guide and punish our behaviors and conducts
from August 17. What is there in these two codes?,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 15/08/2018), Harsher
punishment set for sexual harassment (ht
15/08/2018), The
Modified Criminal And Civil Codes, by Utam Maharjan
(rn 16/08/2018), New
laws come into effect tomorrow, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 16/08/2018), Practising
untouchability during menstruation, postpartum periods
criminal offense: Offenders can be jailed for up to
three months (Setopati 16/08/2018)
Docs
threaten to stop work from Aug 17 to protest new code
(rep 14/08/2018), New
code means docs won’t treat patients without fear:
Ex-justice KC (rep 15/08/2018)
New
laws with major changes to come into effect from Aug 17,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 09/08/2018)
Good
news for NRNs, kids of citizens by birth: Govt to amend
citizenship act (ht 09/08/2018)
Govt
preparing to amend civil, criminal codes (ht
03/08/2018)
FinMin,
IBN preparing conflicting laws, by Bibek Subedi (kp
27/07/2018)
7
ministries finalise drafts on fundamental rights: The
documents will likely be tabled at the Cabinet for
approval today (kp 24/07/2018)
Enforcement
of Civil and Criminal Codes from August doubtful, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 20/07/2018)
Let
the buyer beware: The many consumer protection laws are
of no use if they are not enforced properly, by
Rajina Dahal and Suresh Khatiwada (kp 16/07/2018)
Draft
of bill proposes three years jail sentence for violation
of right to privacy, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
15/07/2018)
Laws
related to polygamy contradictory (ht 01/07/2018)
House
approves Appropriation Bill (kp 30/06/2018)
Mirror
to our soul: The Nepali state must go beyond just
consulting with elites on the draft CIEDP and TRCA bill,
by Seira Tamang (kp 28/06/2018)
All
new laws to be endorsed by September (ht 27/06/2018)
Contradictory
provisions in laws related to annulment of marriage,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
24/06/2018)
Four
ordinances could lapse due to govt delay (rep
22/06/2018)
Probe
with malicious intent criminalised, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 17/06/2018)
Montreal
convention: Bill on higher air crash payout sent to
Cabinet (kp 12/06/2018)
Nepal
Media Policy And Law Update, by Taranath Dahal (rn
27/05/2018)
Know
thy
laws: What’s in laws and bills proposed by the
government? Do they help in safeguarding right to
freedom of expression or do they seek to curtail those
rights?, by Taranath Dahal (rep 23/05/2018)
Authorities
gear up to implement new criminal, civil codes, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/05/2018)
(Un)registered
trademark: Lack of streamlined laws on intellectual
property rights has hindered foreign investor attraction,
by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp 17/04/2018)
Govt
to renew focus on consumer protection laws (kp
16/04/2018)
Law
to control rampant under-invoicing missing, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 11/04/2018)
Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management act-2017: Make bylaws for
Act’s effective implementation, say experts (kp
26/03/2018)
Law
to get justices to show assets on cards: Law Ministry
calls for drafts of necessary bills within 15 days,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/03/2018)
Process
begins
to amend transitional justice Act: Attorney General
Kharel is taking a lead in preparing the draft
amendments in consultation with the Law Ministry (kp
20/03/2018)
Weak
intellectual property ecosystem allows counterfeiters to
make hay (kp 20/03/2018)
Cultural
laws, policies to be amended in spirit of federalism
(rep 07/03/2018)
Labour
Act-2017 hailed for ensuring workers’ wellbeing (kp
02/01/2018)
New
law criminalises acid attacks (ht 28/10/2017)
‘Newly
passed bills as important as statute’ (ht
25/10/2017), The
right bills: Cabinet has rightly sent two crucial bills
of huge public importance for Presidential approval
(kp 26/10/2017)
Law
aims
to protect wild flora, fauna: Anyone found guilty of
wildlife crime will be liable to 15 years in jail or a
fine of up to Rs 500,000, or both (ht 18/10/2017)
Civil
Code Bill lays grounds for divorce (ht 15/10/2017)
Proposed
co-op
law given more teeth by govt: The bill was passed by
Parliament two weeks ago, and is in the process of being
signed into law by the President (kp 06/10/2017)
Civil
code bill: Provision makes employers liable for wrongful
acts of workers, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/10/2017)
Parliament
passes Edu Act (Ninth Amendment) Bill: Some lawmakers
say move will further ruin public education sector,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/09/2017)
House
endorses Local Level Governance Act: Legislation opens
door to full-fledged functioning (kp 20/09/2017)
Government
issues Financial Procedure Law for local levels (ht
14/09/2017)
Enabling
Act:
The definition of person living with disabilities has
now been overhauled, overcoming, once for all, the
paternalistic welfare approach to disability, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 14/09/2017)
Bill
on
National Assembly members registered: The bill has
proposed the first-past-the-post Bloc Voting
Electoral System - similar to the one adopted for
the local level elections - to elect members of
the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/09/2017)
Parliamentary
panel
endorses local govt bill: Civic bodies to have power to
register land and issue ownership certificates, as per
its provisions, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 11/09/2017)
Fate
of three dozen bills uncertain, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 10/09/2017)
Local
Level Governance Bill to be tabled in full House on
Sunday (ht 08/09/2017)
Big
III want will system dropped from Civil Code Bill,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 07/09/2017)
Disaster
bill set to replace Natural Calamity Act-1982 (kp
06/09/2017)
Punishment
of accused who turns approver to be halved, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 06/09/2017)
Labour
Act includes ‘no work, no pay’ principle (kp
18/08/2017)
Parliament
passes NERC Bill (ht 12/08/2017)
Parliament
passes criminal offences bill: Punishment for offenders
from higher social strata will be more severe (ht
11/08/2017), Jail
term till death for attempted murder, killing of
president (ht 11/08/2017) [???]
House
to pass bills on criminal code today (ht
09/08/2017), New
law criminalises Chhaupadi custom (kp 10/08/2017), House
passes bills on criminal code: The new law provisions
imprisonment until death for convicts of six ‘heinous’
crimes (ht 10/08/2017), Landmark
legal reform bills passed, by Ashok Dahal (rep
10/08/2017)
Commodities
Exchange Market Act endorsed by parliament (rep
01/08/2017)
Fifty-three
bills
need House consideration: It is the government’s duty to
give business to the Parliament, by Rupesh Acharya
(ht 27/07/2017)
House
panel
tells govt to repeal TSC Act, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
18/07/2017)
New
law
comes into force to check toxic toys: A study on 100
samples collected from different parts of Kathmandu
Valley showed 54 percent of the items contained
far higher levels of toxic heavy metals (kp
18/07/2017)
Civil,
penal
code bills pending in Parliament, by Rupesh Acharya
(ht 18/07/2017)
50
amendments
to Civil Servants Bill (kp 16/07/2017)
Employees
Adjustment
Bill presented (ht 10/07/2017)
Municipal
executive
regulation issued (ht 03/07/2017)
Ministry
suggests
draft laws for local fed units: Local councils can pass
them with necessary changes (kp 28/06/2017)
Caste-based
discrimination,
untouchability punishable (ht 25/06/2017)
Govt
set
to amend laws to ensure right to education, health
(ht 22/06/2017)
Plug
the
loophole: Govt should remove controversial provision
from the Tax Settlement Commission Act (kp
20/06/2017)
Govt
working on 14 various local governance acts, by Gyan
P. Neupane (rep 20/06/2017)
Regulation
to
facilitate making of laws at local levels endorsed
(ht 11/06/2017)
Cabinet
okays
Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (ht
05/06/2017), Inviting
FDI:
The bill, approved by the cabinet, has pledged to treat
the FDI and domestic investors equally when it comes to
dealing with subsidy and tax exemptions (ht
06/06/2017)
Law
placing prez, veep above litigation proposed, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 31/05/2017) [Revival
of royal thinking! Long live the royal republic of
Nepal!]
Draft
foreign
investment bill: Govt removes provision on facilitating int’l
investors (kp 11/05/2017)
Telcos
with
Rs50m capital must go public, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
06/05/2017)
Law
on
political financing: You pay your money; Many anomalies
in our political parties can be explained by lack of
transparency and accountability in their sourcing and
use of funds, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 04/05/2017)
Government
issues
Systematic Settlement Commission Order 2017 (ht
17/04/2017)
Push
to
undo hash ban in Nepal: While the recreational use of
marijuana is controversial, the case for legalising its
medical use is strong, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
14/04/2017)
Verdict
implementation:
Provisions in penal code bill to curb delays, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 13/04/2017)
Federal
election
bill: federal election bill; Madhesis to get reservation
for 20.9 percent seats, down from 31.9 percent in the
Constituent Assembly elections when Madhesis, Tharus and
Muslims were under a single category, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 28/03/2017)
SAC
endorses
Social Practices Reform Bill (kp 27/03/2017)
Criteria
for
national parties: 3 percent vote share, 1 FPTP seat a
must, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/03/2017)
Law
on
national pride projects sought (kp 16/02/2017)
House
approves amendment to Company Act (kp 15/03/2017), House
okays
Company Act Amendment Bill (ht 16/03/2017)
Weak
IPR
laws bane for foreign investment (ht 14/03/2017)
Bill
moots
alternative punishment to prison (ht 12/03/2017)
Consumer
protection
act: Govt aims to force traders to buy back or replace
faulty goods (kp 11/03/2017), Know
your
rights: Consumers can claim compensation for damages
caused by bad products or services, by Kahar Singh
Khadka (kp 15/03/2017), Are
we
getting what we deserve?, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
15/03/2017), Lax
market
monitoring laws causing chaos: The new constitution has
enshrined access to quality products as one of the
rights of consumers (kp 16/03/2017)
'Outdated'
laws
hit market monitoring (ht 11/03/2017)
Commodities
exchange
bill reaches parliament, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
08/03/2017)
Cabinet
okays
policies related to minerals and intellectual property
rights (ht 01/03/2017)
Fight
against dirty money: 50 laws need to be amended by 2018,
by Kuvera Chalise (rep 28/02/2017)
Gov’s
stringent
policy to regulate alcohol products, by Manish
Gautam (kp 22/02/2017), Govt
bans alcohol at public functions, private parties
(rep 22/02/2017)
House
panel
endorses sentencing bill (ht 20/02/2017), Polygamy
to incur up to five years in jail, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 21/02/2017)
Bill
proposes
grounds for void marriage (ht 18/02/2017)
Calls
intensify
for formulation of Petroleum Act (kp 16/02/2017)
TJ
act
amerndment draft: 20-year jail for guilty of murder,
disappearance, by Dewan Rai (kp 08/02/2017)
Civil
Code
Bill draws flak from rights advocates: Rights activists
say the bill introduced to replace Muluki Ain has
denied even those rights that women had enjoyed earlier
(kp 06/02/2017), A
regressive step: The new Civil Code Bill will roll back
the historic gains in property rights for Nepali women,
by Subin Mulmni (kp 09/02/2017)
Bill
proposes
grounds for divorce (ht 03/02/2017)
Govt
amends
Petroleum Transportation bylaw (ht 31/01/2017)
Parliament
endorses
two poll-related bills (kp 26/01/201)
Stakeholders
urge
swift passage of Cooperative Bill: they have urged
lawmakers not to remove stern provisions in the
bill against those involved in misappropriation of funds
(kp 02/01/2017)
Workshop
held
to seek feedback on Muslim Commission Bill: Speakers
call for revising the bill in order to ensure the rights
of Muslims as per the spirit of the statute (kp
22/12/2016)
Draft
bill allows govt to scrap NGO registration, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 22/12/2016)
National
Dalit
Commission: Panel starts taking suggestions on bill
(kp 21/12/2016)
Bill
proposes legal validity only to certified deeds, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 17/12/2016)
Amended
anti-graft
act to include pvt sector: Currently, only state-owned
entities and those having a government share come under
the purview of the anti-corruption watchdog, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/12/2016)
New
bill drafted with ward as unit of service delivery,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 13/12/2016)
Universal
health
coverage: Introducing Social Health Security Act is
laudable but govt should beware pitfalls (kp
08/12/2016)
House
sub-panel
recommends will system (ht 07/12/2016), Divorced
women may not get property share in new Code, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 07/12/2016), Mindset
needs
to change: There are numerous obstacles to inclusive
education for children with disabilities; Disabled
people are often subjected to inhuman treatment and are
largely perceived as requiring charity as opposed to
rights, by Devdatta Joshi (kp 07/12/2016)
Bill
proposes
hike in penalty for poll-related offences (kp
06/12/2016)
Government
fails
to amend TRC Act to facilitate transitional justice
process, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 04/12/2016),
TJ
act
amendment: Old definition of murder retained in proposed
bill; Murder redefined as ‘all kinds of killing’ from
‘act of killing under control’, by Dewan Rai (kp
05/12/2016), Make
drafting
of bill transparent: NHRC; Chairman Sharma urges rights
defenders and civil society members to be
critical about the government instead of
transitional justice bodies, by Dewan Rai (kp
07/12/2016)
Divergent
views
over Civil Aviation Bill 2016, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/12/2016)
Rights
of
disabled: ‘Draft bill has excluded the concerns of deaf
and mute’ (kp 03/12/2016)
CIAA
refining
draft bill to amend anti-graft Act: Officials say that
they are trying to make the law as possibly compatible
with the UN Convention against Corruption (kp
29/11/2016)
Ministry
to draft federal, provincial laws on local governance
(rep 28/11/2016), Formulation
of
laws for three tiers of govt on cards (ht
28/11/2016)
Draft
of
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Tourism Ministry, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/11/2016), New
civil
aviation bill to allow pvt airports (kp 25/11/2016)
Finance
Committee
approves BAFI Bill with amendments, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/11/2016)
Rights
of
people with disabilities: New bill ignores reproductive
health rights; The bill briefly touches upon
reproductive right but is silent on reproductive health
rights of women living with disabilities (kp
22/11/2016)
House
panel
endorses BAFI Bill with more teeth (kp 22/11/2016)
Bill
provisions
easy cancellation of company registration: The bill has
also raised ceiling on donation or gift in a sum that a
company can provide in a financial year (kp
19/11/2016)
Act
amendment
delay stymies TRC: Term expiring in two months, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep 19/11/2016)
Discussion
on
wildlife conservation bill postponed (ht 29/10/2016)
Proposed
Electoral Bills: Some Provisions Questioned, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 27/10/2016), Only
three of nine election-related bills arrive in
parliament (rep 28/10/2016)
Anti-torture
bill
gathers dust in House panel: The bill was registered in
the Parliament Secretariat two years ago after the
arrest of Nepal Army Col Kumar Lama in the United
Kingdom under universal jurisdiction, by Dewan Rai
(kp 26/10/2016)
Parliamentary
panel
urged to re-table BAFI Bill: NRB is adamant that there
should be no major changes to its draft. Lawmakers are
divided over the contentious provisions in the bill
(kp 19/10/2016)
Revised
Companies
Act makes closure easier (kp 17/10/2016)
Disappearances
truth
and reconciliation act: Amendment proposal stirs a fresh
debate; Proposal to restore the constitutional rights of
attorney general to decide whether the perpetrator is to
be prosecuted as directed by the Supreme Court, by
Dewan Rai (kp 17/10/2016)
3
poll bills land in House panel (kp
17/10/2016), Poll
bill
proposals give EC more teeth: Clause 15 of the bill
states that a political party should hold intra-party
election at least once every five years in line with the
statute of the concerned party (kp
17/10/2016)
NWC
bill
to be tabled in Cabinet in a week: The law will make
Women Commission a constitutional body. It also opens
the door for appointing new members to the commission
that has a lone member at present (kp
17/10/2016)
Law
allowing
organ donation after brain death yet to be implemented
(ht 16/10/2016)
Consumer
protection
laws to be integrated: A taskforce has been formed under
Law Commission Vice-Chairman Bhesh Raj Sharma to frame a
new comprehensive act, the Ministry of Supplies said
(kp 15/10/2016)
Company
Act
Amendment Bill offers respite to defunct firms: Such
companies can exit or revive their business by paying 1
per cent of their paid-up capital, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 15/10/2016)
Govt
tables
three poll-related bills: The country must hold three
levels of elections in the next 16 months, as the
incumbent Parliament’s term will expire on January 21,
2018 (kp 06/10/2016)
Govt
removes
key provisions in poll related bills: Two or more
parties can fight an election under the same election
symbol after forming an alliance, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 04/10/2016)
Private
sector
body hails Industrial Enterprise Act (kp 03/10/2016)
Toil
and
trouble: Labour Act deprives domestic workers of basic
labour rights that all other workers enjoy, at least at
policy level, by Tara Kanel (kp 02/10/2016)
MPs
to
be allowed to pick electoral district for CDP (ht
02/10/2016) [Making corruption
and nepotism even easier in the non-inclusive
party-political system!]
Industrial
Enterprise
Bill clears House (ht 30/09/2016)
Government
told
to re-table three subsidiary bills fast (kp
09/09/2016)
House
passes
SEZ Bill 2014, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 30/08/2016)
Bill
to criminalize torture tabled, by Ashok Dahal (rep
30/08/2016), Anti-torture
Bill
moves (kp 31/08/2016), Rights
activists
say new anti-torture law should have retroactive effect
(ht 02/09/2016), 10
amendments
proposed to Bill against torture (kp 05/09/2016)
Beating
cheating:
Stringent laws and effective implementation are required
to protect consumer rights (kp 19/08/2016)
Bill
on high courts delayed, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/08/2016)
New
co-op
bill seeks stern penalty for funds misappropriation: The
bill has provisioned a maximum of 10-year imprisonment,
recovery of embezzled amount and equivalent fine (kp
15/08/2016)
Amendment
to
transitional justice act: Proposed bill sets new
definition of murder; Stakeholders say it specifies
crimes of certain nature as pardonable, by Dewan Rai
(kp 13/08/2016)
Pardon,
commutation
procedures enacted (ht 13/08/2016)
Nepal
lacks
e-waste management laws (ht 07/08/2016)
New
law
requires prison staff to behave with inmates, visitors
(ht 07/08/2016)
Call
to
amend Personal Events Registration Act (kp 14/07/2016)
House
paves
way for phasing out SLC, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/06/2016)
Govt
fails
to enforce law to ensure urgent service: In violation of
Essential Services Act, transport entrepreneurs go on a
strike to protest hike in traffic rule violation fines,
by Manish Gautam (kp 27/05/2016)
House
panel
finalises bill to amend Edu Act (kp 25/05/2016)
‘Archaic
laws
leading to miscarriage of justice’: Experts claim
loopholes in laws have often been misused by police and
criminals on many an occasion, by Manish Gautam (kp
22/05/2015)
Social
security
bill not getting due priority, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 22/05/2016)
New
bank
and financial institution act: Two-term tenure fixed for
chairmen, CEOs; BFIs can allocate 1 percent of publicly
issued shares for their employees, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 22/05/2016)
40
bills
gather dust in House, by Prakash Acharya (ht
19/05/2016)
Laboratory
bill:
Govt starts draft work (kp 09/05/2016)
Government
eases
criteria for clemency (ht 07/05/2016)
Health
Profession
Education Act final draft ready: HPEC to submit the
document to PM this week (kp 02/05/2016)
Civil
Code
Bill proposes will system on property: Panel members say
16 to 18 years should be given before implementing it,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 01/05/2016), Will
it
work? (ht 02/05/2016)
Bill
proposes
allowing govt extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction
(ht 28/04/2016)
New
law
to crack down on slow project developers, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/04/2016)
Nepal
Gazette
now also available on website (rep 20/04/2016) [The
correct link to the website is http://www.dop.gov.np]
Disaster
Management
Bill getting final touches, by Ashok Dahal (rep
18/04/2016)
Food
Act
amendment to raise fine against wrongdoers (kp
15/04/2016)
Safe
abortion
bill gathering dust (kp 14/04/2016)
House
session
delay hits law formulation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 14/04/2016)
Informal
sector
finds no space in Labour Act (kp 03/04/2016)
MoLE
to
review foreign employment laws (ht 21/03/2016)
Succour
for
victims of trafficking: Listening to those who’re hard
of hearing; New law has been brought to ensure facts
don’t get lost in translation in courts, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 17/03/2016)
Amendment
to
education act-1972: House committee set to discuss bill
(kp 16/03/2016)
Transplant
Act
2016: Expectations from it, by Pukar Chandra
Shrestha (ht 10/03/2016)
Witness
to
receive allowance and travel expense: Govt amends Human
Trafficking and Control Act to encourage witnesses to go
to court and give their statements (kp
07/03/2016)
New
bill
provisions converting promoter shares into ordinary:
Promoters of the BFIs can offload their shares in the
secondary market after 10 years of establishment of the
institution, by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/03/2016)
Three
dozen
bills pending in Parliament (kp 29/02/2016)
Merge
human
trafficking and foreign employment acts: Ministry
(kp 28/02/2016)
Draft
Act
ready to regulate medical schools: Experts and
government officials will deliberate on the draft before
forwarding it for Parliament approval (kp
28/02/2016)
Govt
endorses
regulations for TJ bodies: Committee removes key
provisions arguing that they are inconsistent with
the Transitional Justice Act, by Dewan Rai (kp
17/02/2016)
Labour-friendly
bill
registered at Parliament Secretariat, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 15/02/2016)
New
law
to curb trade of wild flora and fauna (ht
09/02/2016)
CIEDP
bill
will criminalise disappearances, by Dewan Rai (kp
02/02/2016)
Govt
gears
up for citizenship law draft (kp 02/02/2016)
Discussion
starts
on bill to amend Education Act (kp 02/02/2016)
Bill
on
increasing quantum of punishment for murder in House,
by Prakash Acharya (ht 01/02/2016)
Labour
Law Reform: Some Thoughts, by Premal Kumar Khanal
(rn 30/01/2016)
Draft
cooperative
act: Board members barred from holding exec posts,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/01/2016)
193
Acts
amended (kp 25/01/2016)
MoF
to
amend or frame 62 acts, bills (ht 23/01/2016)
New
law
aims to prevent misuse of CCTV cameras (ht
18/01/2016)
Immunisation
Bill
endorsed: Pvt sector can now run programmes with govt
approval (kp 05/01/2016)
Bill
on
bank and financial institutions act: Stringent
provisions on qualifications of directors, CEO (kp
03/01/2016)
Speedy
passage
of new Cooperative Act urged: There are 33,000
cooperatives operating in Nepal. Among them, 11,000 are
savings and credit cooperatives. They hold more than
Rs150 billion in deposits of the general public (kp
02/01/2016)
Laws
inconsistent
with statute to be amended (ht 24/12/2015)
The
electronic
transactions act contradicts the constitution, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp 20/12/2015)
Muluki
Ain
revision: House panel to seek feedback (kp
01/12/2015)
Appeal
to
revise cyber legislation (kp 19/11/2015)
Anti-dowry
bill
awaits approval (kp 09/11/2015)
20
years
on, govts fail to implement Transport Act (kp
08/11/2015)
Directives
on
use of nuclear material issued (ht 04/11/2015)
Priests
seek
new horse for Taleju ritual (kp 28/10/2015)
Govt
brings
new building bylaws: Experts say that some little tweaks
in building bylaws will reduce the risk of houses
collapsing with each other (kp 28/10/2015)
Preparations
on
to draft 138 new laws: Government to amend 315 existing
ones to implement new constitution (ht 19/10/2015),
Law
ministry
starts work on fresh laws for new statute (rep
19/10/2015)
Amendment
Bill
on Edu Act contradicts court verdict: The Bill has a
provision of golden handshake deal for teachers
recruited before February 2011, which is against the
2010 SC ruling (kp 14/10/2015)
‘Open
varsity
Act soon’ (ht 14/10/2015)
Municipal
police
bylaw enacted (kp 05/10/2015)
New
law
to protect women branded ‘witches’ in offing (ht
03/10/2015)
Bill
divides
land into 11 categories, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
21/09/2015)
Bid
to
address land acquisition problems: Uniform standard for
land valuation proposed, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/09/2015), Plans
afoot
to amend Land Acquisition Act (ht 15/09/2015), Land
acquisition:The
1977 act should be amended in a manner that the project
affected families do not feel that they are being
cheated (ht 16/09/2015)
Mediation
Act Of Nepal: New Milestone In Resolving Disputes,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 10/09/2015)
New
Bill
on reconstruction soon: Govinda Pokhrel ro continue as
Chief Executive Officer of Authority (ht 04/09/2015)
Working
procedure
on land acquisition for reconstruction: Authority to
acquire land in 10 days, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/09/2015)
Civil
Code
Bill confines woman’s identity: Activists (kp
18/08/2015)
Bill
to
differentiate private, national security agencies
(ht 17/08/2015)
Youth
Council
Bill endorsed: Minister for Youth and Sports hails it as
landmark moment for country’s youth population (kp
13/08/2015), National
Youth
Council Act made public (ht 13/08/2015)
Civil
and
Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Govt
to
amend existing EPA (kp 07/08/2015)
Civil
Code
‘ignores’ LGBTI issues, fails to address 2007 SC verdict
(kp 06/08/2015), Fair
play:
Amendment of transitional justice legislation should be
in line with the SC judgment (kp 06/08/2015)
Toothless
Cooperative
Act blamed for irregularities (kp 06/08/2015)
Transitional
justice
act: ‘Amendment must’ for effective TRC, CIEDP (kp
05/08/2015)
Rights
groups
laud Witchcraft Act, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
01/08/2015), A
step forward: Implementation of Witchcraft Act is
crucial to assure vulnerable women (kp 04/08/2015)
House
panel
clears amended Lands Act (kp 03/07/2015)
People
in
pain: The pending torture bill in Parliament must be
amended in line with the UN Torture Convention, by
Dipendra Jha (kp 30/06/2015)
‘No
progress’
on legalising same sex marriage, by Chahana Sigdel
(kp 29/06/2015)
State
facilities
to ex-VIPs: CA chair asks DPM to withdraw bill (kp
25/06/2015), DPM
to
withdraw VIP facilities bill (ht 25/06/2015)
Not
without
flaws: Despite having many shortcomings the proposed
Disaster Management Bill creates a useful foundation to
build future legislations on, by Dina Mani Pokhrel
(kp 23/06/2015)
Harsher
punishment
drafted to curb gambling (ht 20/04/2015)
New
penal
offence bill proposes separate hearing for sentencing,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/03/2015)
Cabinet
okays
revision to Cooperative Act, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
21/03/2015)
Experts
call
for better definition of rape in Criminal Code Bill
(kp 16/03/2015)
NID
Card
soon to replace citizenship certificate, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/03/2015)
Govt
prepares
to amend casino regulation (ht 15/03/2015)
Technical
joint-secys
threaten to go on strike (kp 12/03/2015)
New
civil
code bill can become model law: Japanese expert (kp
07/03/2015)
SAC
to
dwell on reform Bill Aims to control extravagant social
practices (ht 05/03/2015)
Proposed
cooperative
act: Max jail term reduced to 7 years (kp
03/03/2015)
Bill
enabled
to bar civil servants from foreign residency (kp
26/02/2015), House
to
endorse Civil Service Act Amendment Bill soon, by
Prakash Acharya (kp 26/02/2015)
Govt
takes
initiative to amend Cooperatives Act (ht 26/02/2015)
Public
procurement
act: Changes planned to instil greater discipline
(kp 23/02/2015)
‘There
are
sufficient laws to protect consumer rights but the
problem lies in implementation’, interview with
Shambhu Koirala (ht 16/02/2015)
Panel
for
legalising same-sex marriage (kp 10/02/2015)
FNJ
warns
of protests if journalists act not implemented (rep
04/02/2015)
Law
on
abrogation of criminal charges (ht 18/01/2015)
New
Bill
seeks to end culture of torture (ht 17/01/2015)
Sexual
harassment
law to kick in next month, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 10/01/2015)
Govt
preparing
social research council bill (kp 01/01/2015) |