Dahal wins SC Bar Association presidency Kathmandu, July 9 Democratic Lawyers Association (DLA) candidate for President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Shailendra Kumar Dahal won the election. Dahal secured 213 votes against his rival Ram Prasad Bhandari of progressive and... Horoscopes 10 Jul, 2016
THT 10 YEARS AGO: NBA urges CJ not to hear cases during agitation Kathmandu, April 12, 2006 The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today urged Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Paudel to defer hearings on cases until the seven-party alliance general strike ends since the lawyers and their clients are unable to attend in... 13 Apr, 2016
Conduct hearing for SC justices: SCBA KATHMANDU: Supreme Court Bar Association on Friday said its attention was drawn to Speaker Onsari Gharti’s recent decision to send the Judicial Council’s nomination of 11 Supreme Court justices back to the constitutional body. The SCBA urged the... Horoscopes 12 Mar, 2016
Won't appoint incompetent justices at apex court, says CJ KATHMANDU: Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha has said he would not appoint any incompetent justices at the Supreme Court. At a programme organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association to congratulate and extend best wishes to him on Sunday, CJ... Horoscopes 26 Jul, 2015
Judges root cause of corruption, says NBA prez KATHMANDU: President of the Nepal Bar Association Prem Bahadur Khadka today evidently accused judges of being the ‘root cause’ of corruption and irregularities in the judiciary. “But the lawyers are not the root cause of corruption... Horoscopes 01 Apr, 2010
Pakistan lawyers rally against president ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of lawyers joined rallies across Pakistan today denouncing President Asif Ali Zardari after he clashed with the Supreme Court in a fresh crisis for the insurgency-hit nation. A rift opened on Saturday between the fragile... Women 16 Feb, 2010
Prez for adopting democratic principles in new statute KATHMANDU: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav today expressed the need to induct democratic principles in the new Constitution, to be promulgated by the Constituent Assembly. "Independence of judiciary, rule of law, human rights and freedom of press... Travel 16 Jan, 2010
CJ plea to lawyers KATHMANDU: Newly appointed Chief Justice Anup Raj Sharma on Thursday urged the lawyers to make the judiciary a clean and competent institution. “The judiciary alone can do nothing. The help of the bar is crucial to maintain its independence and... Horoscopes 18 Dec, 2009
Amicus Curiae sought over men modesty debate KATHMANDU: In order to settle a dispute over whether a woman can rape a man, the Supreme Court (SC) has sought Amicus Curiae from the lawyers' organisations — Nepal Bar Association and Supreme Court Bar Association. The SC initiative is to... Horoscopes 04 Dec, 2009
Inclusiveness: A lip service to strike political balance in judiciary KATHMANDU: It is hard to believe that the Karnali Zone does not have a single judge. Even though this is the ground reality, Minister for Law and Justice Prem Bahadur Singh considers this as an exception. If the zone had a lawyer or judicial... 18 Sep, 2009
Lawyers criticise CA committee’s ‘arbitrary’ move KATHMANDU: Supreme Court Justice Balaram KC today criticised the move of the CA committee on judicial system to curtail judicial independence. “This is an arbitrary move of the Constituent Assembly at a time when such a judiciary is out of... Horoscopes 12 Sep, 2009
Supreme Court steps in to expedite verdicts KATHMANDU: There is a popular legal maxim: justice delayed is justice denied. The pace at which Nepali judicial system works only reinforces that maxim. Public has a perception that justice is often delayed in Nepal. One reason for this is that... 23 Jul, 2009
