Grassroots
Justice Through
Paralegal
Mechanism,
by Krishna Raman
Adhikari (rn
05/10/2024)
Justice
delayed for consumer
court : Two and a half
years after top court
order, the government
renews its push to
finally set up a
consumer court, by
Krishana Prasain (kp
26/08/2024)
Public
Interest Litigation versus
Publicity Interest Litigation,
by Bivek Chaudhary (kh 14/07/2024)
Probation
and Parole in Nepal: Legal Framework and
Challenges, by Ajay Tamang (rep
27/06/2024)
Activists
pin high hopes as Nepal plans to set up
consumer court this year : Observers
call for simplifying the case filing
process, pointing out that consumers
avoid complex legal procedures, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/06/2024), An
analysis of consumer rights law and
reality in Nepal, by Swekshya Karki
(rep 11/06/2024)
Experts call for
revising law curriculum (kh
09/06/2024)
Bench,
bar and barkeepers : The question confronting
the Nepal Bar Association today is whether its
members should practise law or politics, by
Semanta Dahal (kp 19/05/2024)
Equality
under the Law: Examining Legal Principles
across Different Scales, by Saroj
Bhattarai (rep 22/04/2024)
Presumption
of innocence and Nepali attitude, by Aawesh
Bhadra Karn (ae 16/04/2024)
Reforming
Nepal's Legal Education System, by Ritesh
Panthee (rep 28/03/2024)
Nepal's
Quest for Comprehensive Copyright Reform in the
Digital Era : The state of copyright protection
in Nepal is a cause for concern, by Udayan
Regmi (rep 13/01/2024)
For
a victim-centric justice system : The criminal
justice system exists not only to serve state
interests but also to help the victims, by
Nishant Pokharel (kp 28/12/2023)
The
origins of law in Nepal : A run through the
law-making process from conceptualisation to
implementation, by Khim Lal Devkota (kp
27/12/2023)
Judicial
System Awaits Reforms, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
31/10/2023)
Usufruct
for social solidarity, by Jivesh Jha
(ae 07/09/2023)
‘Shattered
Silence’ : Analysing Nepal’s Legal
Landscape in light of recent court
ruling, by Aditya Raut (rep
02/09/2023)
Free
legal aid provision needs to be
revisited, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
28/06/2023)
Cultural
Issues And Mediation, by Mukti Rijal (rn
01/06/2023)
Why
has Nepal failed to establish consumer courts as
mandated by law? As buyers don’t want to get
into complex court cases, unscrupulous traders
are emboldened, observers say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 23/04/2023)
Examining
Nepal's Male-Dominated Legal System, by
Bhawana Ghimire (rep 04/04/2023)
KMC
deploys law students for free services at wards
: Officials say the project will help ensure
justice doesn’t elude anyone in the society
(kp 17/03/2023)
Nepal
waits for consumer courts while business
malpractices soar : Consumer rights activists
accuse the government of holding back on setting
up consumer courts due to lobbying by
manufacturers and traders, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 15/08/2022)
Juvenile
justice in shoddy state (ht 26/12/2021)
Nepal
drops two notches in rule of law : Ranks 70th
among 139 countries and jurisdictions. Nepal’s
overall rule of law score decreased 1.1 per cent
in the World Justice Project Index-2021, which
evaluates rule of law in 139 countries and
jurisdictions (ht 18/10/2021) [see WJP
Rule of Law Indey Nepal]
Nepal’s
archaic land acquisition laws : Projects have
failed to acquire land because of compensation
disputes with locals, by Prem Khanal (kp
26/08/2021)
Ideals
of the rule of law : The laws of the nation must
bear the fundamental ideals of justice, by
Sambridh Ghimire (kp 02/08/2021)
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)
Legal
side of infrastructure: Is Nepal ready to tackle
the legal issues related to tunnels and
underground infrastructures?, by Bipin
Adhikari and Bidushi Adhikari (rep 26/11/2019)
Province
3 government mobilises legal facilitators in 116
local units: The deployed legal facilitators
will receive perks and salaries on par with
Nayab Subba (non-gazetted first-class officer),
according to the ministry, by Subash Bidari
(kp 12/09/2019)
Claim
your products: In lack of specific Geographical
Indication law, Nepal could even lose its
sovereign rights over the products which have
their origin in Nepal, by Jivesh Jha (rep
Yes
we Cannabis: Despite a long and storied history
of cannabis in Nepali culture, the cultivation
and consumption of marijuana remains
illegal, punishable by harsh jail terms and
steep fines. Some people say it’s high time that
changed, by Leena Dahal (kp 08/06/2019)
Conflict
victims mount pressure on leaders to amend
transitional justice Act: Law minister tells
victims the process will start when top leaders
reach an agreement, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/06/2019) [This is a
question of justice and the rule of law! Many of
the so-called leaders have been responsible for
the crimes of the past! They have no right to
have any say at all!], Thirteen
years on, victims of the Badarmude incident
await compensationDespite a pledge from Pushpa
Kamal Dahal during the 2017 election
season, victims of the 2006 civilian bus
bombing have received nothing, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 06/06/2019)
Legal
eagles form parallel NBA body (ht
01/06/2019)
Rise
in divorce cases attributed to new civil and
criminal codes, by Nirmala Khadayat (kp
22/04/2019)
Shrestha
elected new NBA presidentTwenty-three of 25 bar
association posts go to NLA candidates (ht
05/04/2019) [Utmost
politicisation!]
Making
the most of Marsi: The rice qualifies to receive
the benefits of Geographical Indications
protection, by Sudeshna Thapa (kp
02/09/2018)
TRC
rues lack of funds for investigating cases:
Officials say they can’t pay even for internet
services, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/08/2018)
SC
turns down Rs460 million UNDP support, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/06/2018) [Improvement of human rights
and rule of law not wanted? The suggestion to
get more money through the budget instead sounds
ridiculous againsts the background that this is
not poassible and the budget, to a greater part,
is financed by foreign money as well!], Acting
CJ complains of insufficient budget, staffers
(rep 27/06/2018)
Bring
back for better: Sentence transfer is a
reformative justice tool that protects the
rights of migrants, by Anurag Devkota (kp
18/06/2018)
Registration
of
IP to go digital: Govt; Weak IP laws have led
to a large number of counterfeit
products being sold on the market without
legal hurdles (kp 05/05/2018)
Hey,
I made that: Rights to the creator and access to
the public will promote innovation and
investment, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp
29/04/2018)
Protection
from
theft: Contextual intellectual property
protection is needed to accelerate innovation
and economic growth in Nepal, by Prativa
Pandey (kp 26/04/2018)
Unsung
creators: Intellectual property has been given
little attention as it is seen as a Western
concept, by Nischal Dhungel (kp 29/03/2018)
Experts
point at the need for a separate institution to
deal with IP-related issues (ht 14/03/2018)
Code
prepared
for collection of DNA evidence (ht
21/06/2017)
Customary
Institutions: Challenge To Legal Centralism,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 06/04/2017)
Former
CJ
Shrestha elected ICJ commissioner (kp
10/01/2017)
Writ
petition
demands amendment in pardoning inmates (rep
06/12/2016)
Nepal
ranks
97th in property rights index (ht
15/08/2016)
Outgoing
AG
hopes his ‘good initiative’ will get continuity,
by Dewan Rai (kp 04/08/2016), Raman
Shrestha
recommended as AG (kp 06/08/2016)
Legal
Pluralism Key To Justice And Harmony, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 21/07/2016)
Right
to
a fair trial: No compromise, by Roshan Kumar
Jha (ht 25/05/2016)
Rethinking
law:
The bureaucratic process of justice delivery is
rather cumbersome as one is made to run from
pillar to post, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab
KC (rep 17/05/2016)
KSL
to
represent Nepal in int’l moot court competition
(ht 19/02/2016)
Do
more
homework: The proposed increases in jail term
and other provisions have been made to make the
criminal justice system in the country more
effective (ht 02/02/2016)
No
drastic
'reform' in judiciary in new constitution,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 17/09/2015)
Nepal
slips
in rule of law rankings (ht 05/06/2015)
A
legislative emergency: Following the recent acid
attack in Basantapur, stronger and more specific
legislation is needed, by Binayak Basnyat
and Bikalpa Raj Bhandari (kp 20/03/2015)
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