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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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