What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him Despite his arrest and imprisonment by British authorities, extradition efforts by the US had stalled before the plea deal. World 26 Jun, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Assange wins right to appeal against an extradition order to the US Hundreds of supporters cheered and applauded outside court as news of the ruling reached them from inside the Royal Courts of Justice. World 20 May, 2024
UK court orders to delay extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges A British court says Julian Assange can’t immediately be extradited to the United States on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder. Nepal 26 Mar, 2024
CJ Shrestha claims judiciary coming to proper track Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha has claimed that the judiciary has returned to the right track. Kathmandu 28 Feb, 2024
Judicial Council recommends 39 judges for High Courts A meeting of the Judicial Council held on Wednesday recommended 39 judges for high courts. Kathmandu 03 Jan, 2024
'If the judiciary goes wrong, nothing goes right' Advocate Raju Prasad Chapagai is a Kathmandu-based public interest lawyer and researcher. Nepal 07 Oct, 2023
NBA wants seven-year tenure for Supreme Court justices The General Assembly of Nepal Bar Association has passed a resolution calling on the stakeholders to amend the constitution to fix the tenure of Supreme Court Justices to seven years, not more. Kathmandu 01 Oct, 2023
JC recommends 27 high court judges The Judicial Council today recommended 27 judges for appointment in the High Court. They will soon be appointed by the chief justice as per due process. Nepal 16 Sep, 2023
Political influence on judiciary: Legislature on brink of collapse Recently, Prime Minister (PM) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, responding to the questions of a reputed journalist, indicated that he personally preferred that the judicial proceedings on citizenship law violation issue and misuse of Nepali passport by former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane be quashed. Opinion 17 Jul, 2023
Scuffle grows into bench vs bar row ​​​​​​​A scuffle that broke out between Lalitpur District Court employee Premika Tamang and lawyer Amir Lamichhane on June 28 snowballed into a fight between the bar and bench, especially the cadre judges of the Supreme Court. Kathmandu 04 Jul, 2023
Judges dissatisfied with pay scale The Judges Society Nepal led by Supreme Court Justice Ishwar Prasad Kahtiwada has issued a press release, expressing dissatisfaction over new pay scale fixed by the government for judges. Nepal 21 Jan, 2023
SC reforms judicial hearing to clear backlog The full court of the Supreme Court has decided to allow high court and Supreme Court judges to hear cases they had already heard or in which they had passed short-term interim order, interim order, or summoned case parties to join appeal proceedings. However, they cannot take up cases in which they had passed value judgement in an earlier order. Nepal 09 Nov, 2022
