SC launches automated cause list The Supreme Court launched the automation-based cause list from Sunday. Kathmandu 29 Aug, 2023
NBA condemns ordinance on pardoning jailed politicians The Nepal Bar Association and the Supreme Court Bar Association today issued separate press releases condemning the government’s move to bring an ordinance to facilitate withdrawal of government cases filed against political cadres who had adopted violent methods in the past but signed pacts with the government expressing their commitment to join the peaceful mainstream. Nepal 14 Dec, 2022
Lawyers call it 'unconstitutional' move The Nepal Bar Association today issued a press release condemning Parliament Secretariat’s Secretary General Bharat Raj Gautam’s clean chit to Rana. It has asked the concerned government body not to implement Gautam’s decision. Nepal 08 Dec, 2022
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
Decision on retirement benefits for acting CJ flayed The government recently decided to provide post retirement benefits to Acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki on par with retired chief justices after Karki retires from service on October 2. Nepal 29 Sep, 2022
Govt ensures chief justice doesn't reach SC Govt ensures chief justice doesn’t reach SC Nepal 19 Sep, 2022
Former CJs say not enough evidence to summon them Four former chief justices — Anup Raj Sharma, Kalyan Shrestha, Sushila Karki, and Min Bahadur Raymajhi — who were summoned by the impeachment recommendation committee today wrote a letter to the House panel objecting to its decision to summon them without gathering any evidence to support suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana’s allegations against them. Nepal 16 Sep, 2022
CJ to appear before House panel on Aug 31 The impeachment recommendation committee formed to investigate allegations against suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana today decided to summon him on August 31 to record his statement. Nepal 25 Aug, 2022
District court judge in bribery scandal An audio tape has been leaked to the media in which a lawyer, Rudra Pokharel, is heard offering a bribe of Rs 20 million to Kathmandu District Court Judge Raj Kumar Koirala for securing the release of Founder of Civil Savings and Credit Cooperatives Society Ltd Ichha Raj Tamang. The audio tape was broadcast by news24 yesterday, but its authenticity is yet to be verified. Kathmandu 23 Jun, 2022
Impeachment motion filed against chief justice In a dramatic turn of events today, 98 lawmakers from the ruling coalition registered a motion of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana at the Parliament Secretariat. Nepal 14 Feb, 2022
No end in sight to stalemate in judiciary as CJ refuses to quit Deadlock continues in the judiciary though dissident justices of the Supreme Court had begun hearing cases after the lottery-based cause list was launched on December 1. Nepal 18 Jan, 2022
NBA to protest till CJ quits The Nepal Bar Association continued its protest against Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana today demanding his resignation. Nepal 07 Dec, 2021
