tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136998352024-03-13T20:43:53.054+05:45Legal news from nepalbe first to knowlegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1964125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-59912006715893572312016-09-21T10:49:00.001+05:452016-09-21T10:49:10.789+05:45Mera Baa Aama Episode 02legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-80390096362915224212008-08-18T13:50:00.001+05:452008-08-18T13:50:25.598+05:45Supreme Court orders govt to provide relief to conflict victimsThe Supreme Court (SC) has passed an order asking the government to provide compensation and relief to victims of conflict.The apex court has asked the government to form a committee by including representatives of the victims and work as per its recommendation.The court passed the order in response to a writ petition filed by victimslegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-19160995829899628062008-07-19T13:12:00.000+05:452008-07-19T13:13:18.105+05:45Judge issued threat in courtA person threatened judge Bhola Nath Chaulagai not to issue an interim order on a murder case when hearing on the case was going on in the Baglung Court.Dhurb Pariyar of Narayansthan VDC threatened Chaulagai in the chamber, when the court was preparing to issue an interim order. "Pariyar threatened me, saying that the court detain the accused and not release him on legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-74936685793217949302008-07-16T20:28:00.001+05:452008-07-16T20:28:40.093+05:45CA court scraps case against Bhandari’s victoryThe Constituent Assembly (CA) court Tuesday upheld the CA elections result of Mahottari district constituency-6.The court verdict armoured the victory of Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) candidate Sarad Singh Bhandari from the constituency.The CA court scrapped the petition filed against Bhandari saying that the case should have been filed beforelegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-32285614534258322712008-07-16T20:25:00.000+05:452008-07-16T20:26:52.304+05:45CIAA Indicts Three ex- MinistersThe Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today recommended the government to recover millions of rupees that ex-ministers Kamal Thapa, Tanka Dhakal and Shrish SJB Rana had misused from the state treasury while suppressing the Jana Andolan II.The CIAA's recommendation comes after a study of the two-year-old Ramayajhi Commission report by the legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-22696141066021873002008-05-26T12:53:00.001+05:452008-05-26T12:53:34.276+05:45Lawyer crematedThe final rites of advocate Jagadish Acharya were performed at the Pashupati Aryaghat on Sunday.Some 300 lawyers participated in the funeral procession.The cadres of Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (Jwala Singh) had shot at Acharya on Friday at Kalaiya of Bara and he was undergoing treatment in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, where he died on Saturday.Issuing a legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-17381731913282432052008-05-25T13:10:00.001+05:452008-05-25T13:13:13.413+05:45Courts to be just an SMS away If there is any institution in the country that is most conventional in its working style it is the judiciary. But this institution is now all set to take a giant leap towards modernization.In its most recent move, the judiciary has come up with an IT plan that proposes to make the Supreme Court in the first phase and other courts in second phase just an SMS away legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-80840065849671308162008-05-23T13:00:00.000+05:452008-05-23T13:01:19.553+05:45Advocate Shot At in BaraAn unidentified group opened fire on advocate Jagadish Acharya near his home in Kalaiya last night, leaving him seriously injured. Acharya was shot at near his home at Kalaiya-8 at around 8:45 pm, police said. He was shot in the thigh and is undergoing treatment in Birgunj. The gang which opened fire on him fled after firing a round in the air, police quoted locals as legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-23650013151292926052008-05-22T12:48:00.001+05:452008-05-22T12:48:51.909+05:45Implement all jail reform recommendations: SC In a sweeping ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the government to implement the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the rights of jail inmates and the reports of a number of jail reform commissions.Both NHRC recommendations to the government in 2005 and the reports of commissions formed at different times in legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-90611595439664041352008-05-16T13:21:00.001+05:452008-05-16T13:21:51.131+05:45Stay on election declinedThe Constituent Assembly Court (CA Court) refused to issue interlocutory stay order against Ramesh Rijal of Nepali Congress who had won a seat from Parsa-5 to the Constituent Assembly in the April 10 election.A three-member bench of Justices Anup Raj Sharma, Top Bahadur Magar and Ram Kumar Prasad Shaha issued the order following today’s hearing.The bench said the case legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-47022207502711824132008-05-10T13:07:00.002+05:452008-05-10T13:08:25.160+05:45Dr Dhungel advises not to amend statuteAmidst debate whether the interim constitution needs amendments immediately, a constitutional expert has advised political parties not to do so as that will lead to delay in drafting a new constitution.In a programme organised in the capital Friday, the Dr Surya Dhungel also warned of the Constituent Assembly not completing the task of drafting a new legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-37912413933126494552008-05-10T13:02:00.000+05:452008-05-10T13:03:27.673+05:45CA Court stays Sindhuli-1 election resultThe Constituent Assembly Court issued interlocutory stay order directing the government authorities not to include Bisam Lal Adhikary, who was declared winner from Sindhuli-1 under direct polls, in the CA until the court issues a final verdict on a case challenging his victory. The court asked the authorities not to include him in the swearing-in ceremonylegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-4081174565201642672008-05-08T13:56:00.000+05:452008-05-08T14:06:21.047+05:45No Roadblock to Govt Formation: CJChief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri on Wednesday ruled out any constitutional hindrance to government formation. He, however, called on parties to form the government after forging a consensus."I do not see any political impasse," Giri said."The consensus will work," he said, adding, "The option of forming a government with the support of two third of the Constituentlegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-68523458244006290472008-05-07T12:30:00.000+05:452008-05-07T12:31:36.157+05:45SC bars French lawyer from defending Charles Sobhraj The Supreme Court on tuesday rejected a plea by French lawyer Isabelle Coutant Peyre to defend Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj during the court proceedings.A division bench of Justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi and Kalyan Shrestha rejected the French lawyer’s request, which was made during today’s hearing.“The bench rejected her request saying that therelegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-40320069686999893352008-05-07T12:28:00.000+05:452008-05-07T12:29:05.907+05:45Court summons KC over Baglung-2 pollThe Constituent Assembly Court (CAC) Tuesday said it will discuss issuing an interim order over the election in Baglung-2 where Chitra Bahadur KC of Rastriya Janamorcha won. The discussion will take place May 22. Acting on an application filed by Mani Bhadra Sharma of Nepali Congress, the CAC ordered KC to be present at court to take part in the discussion. In legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-23737918422085593962008-03-20T13:45:00.001+05:452008-03-20T13:45:56.179+05:45SC Tells Govt to Regulate Medicine MarketThe Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a directive order to government authorities to reform the health sector by regulating prices of medical supplies.A division bench of justices Bala Ram KC and Top Bahadur Magar issued the order in response to a PIL filed in the apex court, seeking its intervention to regulate the prices of medicines.The bench told the legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-81685003626299032682008-03-18T19:01:00.000+05:452008-03-18T19:02:13.248+05:45SC Penalises NRB Guv, ED on Corruption ChargesThe Supreme Court today penalised two top officials of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) -- governor Bijaya Nath Bhattarai and executive director Surendra Man Pradhan in a corruption case.Issuing a verdict in a corruption case filed against Bhattari and Pradhan, a single bench justice Tahir Ali Ansari said: "SC found that the duo embezzled 51,732 US Dollarslegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-54659160716122132522008-03-18T14:35:00.001+05:452008-03-18T14:35:40.485+05:45not to intervene in NSP case :EC urges SCThe Election Commission (EC) on Monday told the Supreme Court that the closed list of the Anandi Devi-led Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi) was rejected because a closed list was already registered in the EC with the same name.“All the election-related programmes have been stopped after the submission of the names and lists of parties,” a written legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-36522199030260901362008-03-17T14:20:00.001+05:452008-03-17T14:20:57.787+05:45SC begins hearing on NRB gov caseThe Supreme Court on sunday started hearing on a corruption case against suspended officials of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) — governor Bijaya Nath Bhattarai and executive director Surendra Man Pradhan.A single bench of justice Tahir Ali Ansari is hearing the case.Pleading on behalf of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), joint legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-44423725424157769182008-03-17T14:19:00.001+05:452008-03-17T14:19:16.651+05:45SC puts off case hearingThe Supreme Court on Sunday postponed the hearing on the murder case against alleged international serial killer Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj.SC spokesperson Til Prasad Shrestha said the hearing was postponed as Judge Kalyan Shrestha, who was hearing the case, has left for Italy. Justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi and Kalyan Shrestha have also been hearing the case. Sobhraj has tolegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-24276977659740102952008-03-17T14:16:00.000+05:452008-03-17T14:18:34.964+05:45SC warns CDO of action on contempt caseThe Supreme Court has issued a warning to Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Jay Mukunda Dev Khanal to face a contempt of court charge for “disobeying” the order of the Chief Justice.A division bench of Justices Min Bahadur Rayamajhi and Rajendra Prasad Koirala issued the warning, stating that Khanal had not furnished details of the illegal detention of twolegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-55033634589260161552008-03-17T14:15:00.000+05:452008-03-17T14:16:19.564+05:45Judiciary not independent: SCThe Supreme Court, while identifying its problems, has said the judiciary has not been independent, competent and effective at par with internationalstandard. "The judiciary has not been as independent, competent and effective as it should be as per the principle of separation of power and universally accepted values," the Supreme Court stated in its annual report legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-45636731716222234412008-03-17T14:13:00.000+05:452008-03-17T14:14:13.515+05:45Man convicted for attempt on CJ’s life Kathmandu District Court on Sunday convicted one Prabhat Kumar Gupta of Birgunj on the charge of attempting to murder Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri. Judge Shiva Narayan Yadav announced five years imprisonment for Gupta who "attacked" Giri with a knife at the latter's residence at Ghattekulo on November 30, 2006. Giri, the senior most Justice then, survivedlegal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-1505634930695850932008-03-14T14:08:00.000+05:452008-03-14T14:09:30.774+05:45SC Clears Path for Upper Karnali ProjectRefusing to issue a stay order in the Upper Karnali Hydropower Project case, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the government to go ahead with the implementation of the understanding reached with Hyderabad-based GMR Energy Limited on the 300-MW power project.A division bench of Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri and Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Shah refused legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13699835.post-83908847470682727882008-03-14T14:06:00.000+05:452008-03-14T14:07:20.158+05:45Judicial code of conduct of int’l standard ready Judges of the country are, for the first time, getting a code of conduct of international standard amidst realization that the existing code is obsolete.The nine-page code of conduct obtained by the Post has eight main heads detailing what judges should and should not do to uphold judicial independence, impartiality and people's faith in the legal news from nepalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451953391779394058noreply@blogger.com0