Durga Dulal is a journalist associated with Kantipur Daily, covering law, justice, and constitutional affairs.
A new circular allows settlements in certain criminal cases once a court rejects a linked organised-crime charge and the appeal process ends. Former judges warn the provision could be misused.
The public has 10 days to file complaints against the four judges recommended for appointment to the Supreme Court.
The latest case, filed over alleged insurance fund embezzlement and money laundering, seeks Rs450.7 million in damages.
An investigation found that Dahal had acted in breach of conduct rules after he allegedly visited former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana without authorisation.
The latest charges allege that funds were siphoned from Himalayan Re-Insurance through a series of transactions, with earlier money laundering and insurance-related cases still pending.
The bench boycott on Wednesday has exposed tensions at the Supreme Court since Sharma’s appointment over senior judges.
Two council members dissent as four judges are recommended for the Supreme Court, with critics questioning seniority, transparency, inclusivity and the failure to fill all five vacancies.
The Judicial Council has recommended three High Court judges and the chief judge of the Pokhara High Court to fill vacancies on the top court.
More than 7,700 delegates are gathering in Kathmandu for the opening of the party’s 15th general convention, with leadership elections set for later this week
Lawmakers call it a slow lawmaking rate. The government had projected 64 bills would be registered in the period.
A special committee will review past appointments and develop clearer criteria based on lawyers’ professional performance and contribution.
At a five-hour full-court meeting, most of the bench pressed Manoj Kumar Sharma on why the Supreme Court is mired in controversy just four months into his tenure.
Government yet to explain former chief justice’s detention, fuelling questions over the legal basis for the police action.
SSP Santosh Khadka has been asked to explain why a National Human Rights Commission team was denied access to former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana while he was in custody.
Police say they acted over a ‘security threat’, but have not identified it or explained why a crime investigation team was sent to take the former chief justice from his home.
