Constitutional bench asks why the Public Procurement Act was amended to require tender notices to be published only on government websites. The Supreme Court has ordered the government to explain ...
KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The Special Court has ordered the unconditional release of businessman Deepak Bhatta in a supplementary money laundering case involving CPN-UML Vice Chairman and former Finance M...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress General Secretary Gururaj Ghimire has stated that the Supreme Court's decision to grant permission for review based on the grounds that the Election Commission did not pr...
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The Special Court Kathmandu has ordered the release of former Communications Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki from judicial custody.
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The Special Court Kathmandu has ordered the release of former Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki from judicial custody. A joint bench of Justices Narayan Prasad Poudel, Di...
Janakpurdham, August 6 The Dhanusha district court cleared a total of 5,216 cases in the fiscal year 2082/83. Information Officer of the district court, Hem Kumar Mahato, shared that the court reg...
23rd July 2026, Kathmandu The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued a directive regarding the Ncell share transfer controversy, instructing the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) to regulate the...
Special Court denies bail to two businessmen facing multiple cases following separate investigations into money laundering. The Special Court has ordered businessmen Deepak Bhatta and Sulav Agrawa...
JANAKPURDHAM, Aug 12: A woman attempted to set herself on fire at the Dhanusha District Court premises in Janakpurdham on Wednesday morning while victims of loan-sharking were protesting outside th...
Kathmandu. The statement of businessman Shekhar Golchha, against whom a case has been filed on charges of money laundering, has begun in the Special Court. The statement is ongoing in the bench of...
By Rabindra Upreti
Kathmandu, Aug 6: The Supreme Court has issued an order for reviewing its verdict on a case relating to legitimacy of the Nepali Congress (NC), which is now being led by Gagan Thapa. A full bench ...
15th July 2026, Kathmandu In a significant judicial development, Nepal’s Special Court has acquitted all defendants, including Max International Pvt. Ltd. and its CEO, Akbar Hussain, in a high-pro...
Demonstration came as a court hearing was underway in a loan-sharking case. Loan-sharking victims staged a protest outside the Dhanusha District Court on Wednesday as lawyers argued a case against...
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Special Court has set bail at Rs 10 million for businessman Shekhar Golchha in a money laundering case.
California. The US Court of Appeals has ruled to allow thousands of lawsuits against Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat to proceed, alleging that they designed their platforms to be addic...
By Ramesh Bishwakarma
Kathmandu, Aug 1: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration has submitted a report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court requesting the formation...
With four apex court vacancies and 25,000 pending cases, the council is under pressure to fill the top court’s bench while rethinking its appointment practice. The Judicial Council is preparing to...
DAMASCUS, Aug 11: A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civ...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has issued an interim order not to stop the renewal process of the husk brick industries operating in Kanchanpur district and not to obstruct the operation of the indus...
With the Supreme Court’s decision to review petitions regarding the official status of the Nepali Congress (NC), the raging conflict within the NC has taken a new turn. Once on the defensive, the a...
Minakshi Aggregate Industries, located in Sripur village of Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City-24, Bara, which the Supreme Court ordered to shut down, is preparing to resume operations. Meanwhile, the v...
White House says the orders target birth tourism and other limited categories after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's broader attempt to restrict automatic citizenship. US President Donald Tru...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: A day after the Supreme Court decided to reopen the high-profile dispute over the official recognition of the Nepali Congress (NC), the party's establishment faction said it respe...
Former Finance Minister and Congress leader Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has been ordered to pay Rs 1.5 million in bail by the Special Court. The bench of Judges Narayanprasad Poudel, Dilliratna Shrest...
Kathmandu, Aug 7: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed, challenging the vacancy recruitment process initiated by the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the National News Ag...
The review of the April verdict has revived a legal battle over the party’s special convention, but Gagan Thapa-led leadership remains in place until the court issues a fresh ruling. The Supreme C...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order to ensure education, health and housing to the children displaced from river banks.
Kathmandu. Preparations are underway to give first priority to 'career judges' (judges from the judicial service) in the appointment of vacant judges in the Supreme Court. The Judicial Council is p...
Kathmandu, Aug 6: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order to ensure education, health and housing to the children displaced from river banks.
Three-member bench to examine whether earlier verdict upholding Gagan Thapa-led faction requires correction. A Supreme Court bench has allowed a review petition in the dispute over the legitimate ...
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: The Supreme Court (SC)'s decision on Thursday to admit a review petition in the dispute over the official status of the Nepali Congress (NC) has reopened one of the country's most...
Kathmandu. Former President of the Indian Wrestling Federation and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been acquitted by a Delhi court in a sexual harassment case. The court commented that the all...
Kathmandu, Aug 6: The Supreme Court has issued an order for reviewing its verdict on a case relating to legitimacy of the Nepali Congress (NC), which is now being led by Gagan Thapa.
Deuba stayed abroad while facing a money laundering probe, with the Supreme Court later blocking his arrest over warrants issued by investigators. Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set t...
JANAKPURDHAM, Aug. 6: The Dhanusha District Court disposed of 5,216 cases in the fiscal year 2025/26.
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has established a new precedent regarding land ownership disputes in a case concerning land in Sifadol, Bhaktapur. The joint bench of Justices Hariprasad Fuyaal and Nri...
Janakpurdham, Aug. 6: The Dhanusha district court cleared altogether 5,216 cases in the fiscal year 2082/83.
A task force formed following a Supreme Court directive has recommended dedicated benches in district courts with heavy cooperative fraud caseloads to speed up trials and help victims recover their...
This month, the Supreme Court of Nepal introduced a new policy permitting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the judiciary. One particular provision deserves close attention. The policy exp...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has stated that he will take the Supreme Court's review order regarding the party's legality and special general convention in stride and face it. A...
Kathmandu, Aug 4: The Supreme Court has found it challenging to meet its targets for case settlements last fiscal year due to the unexpected damage to its archiving system during the Gen Z movement...
Proposed legal changes would bar constitutional appointees from drawing pensions and state-funded perks simultaneously, following a Supreme Court directive issued in 2017. The government has intro...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Bhaktapur District Court on Monday rejected a police request to keep medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai in custody, ordering that he be released.
New Delhi. The Delhi High Court has ruled that money invested for a daughter's education cannot be used by the father to fulfill his maintenance obligations towards his wife and daughter. In its v...
Kathmandu, Aug 1: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration has submitted a report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court requesting the formation...
Fast-track courts offer little relief as protesters blame government for repeated leaks affecting millions of students. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that “fast-track” court...
KATHMANDU, July 24: The Sher Bahadur Deuba faction of the Nepali Congress (NC) filed a review petition at the Supreme Court (SC) on its order issued earlier on the working committee elected by the ...
Kathmandu. Three groups will compete for the election of the new working committee of the High Court Bar Association, Patan. In the election scheduled for Shrawan 30, the bar, which has the larges...
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu,Aug,1: A book titled ‘Adalati Patrakaritasambandhi Margadarshan’ (Guidelines on Court Reporting) was launched amid a programme held in Kathmandu on Friday.
Judge says transfer to government hospital was justified as hunger striker’s health deteriorated, finds no violation of his bodily autonomy. Indian authorities were right to move hunger-striking a...
KATHMANDU, July 23: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case at the Special Court against seven individuals, including former Madhesh Province F...
Kathmandu. With the Supreme Court allowing (issuing a notice for) review in the dispute related to the authenticity of the Nepali Congress, questions have arisen over the legal recognition received...
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, July 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case at the Special Court against Home Prakash Chaudhary (Kurmi), v...
Both will remain in custody in a separate money laundering case. The Kathmandu District Court has ordered authorities to release businessmen Deepak Bhatta and Sulav Agrawal in cases related to sec...
KATHMANDU, July 23: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case at the Special Court against 10 individuals, including the then acting chief admini...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has acquitted Chakre Milan, also known as Milan Gurung, who has a criminal background, in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Abdul Ajij Musalman and Meghraj ...
The ruling overturns April decision that allowed government advertisements and notices to be published only through state-owned media outlets. The Supreme Court has overturned the government’s dec...
KATHMANDU, July 17: The Consumer Court has ruled that negligence during the treatment of Manita Sharma, who died while receiving maternity care, led to her death and ordered Everest Hospital and an...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has stated that the recent order from the Supreme Court regarding the Congress has raised some questions, and the party will clarify its stance thro...
Nepal’s judiciary has entered the digital age, but it has not yet entered the age of AI. As an intern at the Supreme Court of Nepal, I had the opportunity to observe the daily life of the court up...
KATHMANDU, July 16: The Judicial Council has recommended Tulsipur High Court Judge Basudev Acharya for appointment as chairperson of the Special Court.
Kathmandu. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case in the Special Court against an Amin who was facilitating the issuance of land ownership certificates b...
Media groups point to ministerial warnings, online intimidation, a disputed advertising policy and court rulings as evidence of growing pressure on the press. In a democracy, the media are regarde...
KATHMANDU, July 16: The Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPPO) on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet at the Special Court against former Finance Minister and CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Bishn...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court's order to review the past verdict in the Nepali Congress's official dispute has signaled a potential shift in the party's internal equations. The incumbent leadership ...
A new policy adopted by the Supreme Court permits artificial intelligence in legal research, case management and administrative work, but prohibits its use in judgments, writ petitions or other dec...
KATHMANDU, July 16: The Special Court has sentenced former Nepal Telecom Managing Director Sunil Paudel and businessman Deepak Anand to eight years in prison each after finding them guilty in a bri...
Kathmandu. Lawyers and stakeholders file writ petitions in the Supreme Court on various public interest issues. It is found that the implementation of some judgments made by the Supreme Court in ca...
Court grants third extension as investigators continue questioning over alleged abuse of authority and suspicious equity transaction. The Special Court on Thursday allowed authorities to keep form...
KATHMANDU, July 15: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Property Inquiry Commission (PIC) not to seek property details from anyone and not to proceed with the investigation until the full bench ...
The court decides on constitutional and legal disputes. The court itself does not implement the decision. The implementation of the court's decision depends on the executive branch. Nepal does not...
Kathmandu District Court jails Saroj Mishra for four months over a 2023 report. Kathmandu District Court has sentenced Saroj Mishra, former editor of the Rajdhani Daily, to four months in prison a...
KATHMANDU, July 14: The Supreme Court (SC) has struck down the government's one-door policy for the distribution of public advertisements.
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has issued an interim order in the name of the government to ensure the right to education for children displaced or likely to be displaced from squatter settlements an...
The apex court seeks explanation on his detention after a habeas corpus petition challenges the arrest of the CPN-UML vice-chair in a money laundering investigation linked to businessman Deepak Bha...
KATHMANDU, July 8: The Kathmandu District Court has convicted former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, and former Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pande...
Washington D.C. US President Donald Trump has signed two new executive orders aimed at limiting birthright citizenship. The US Supreme Court had rejected his previous attempt just a few weeks ago. ...
DMLI holds UML vice-chair Paudel for seven days after statements from businessmen in Deepak Bhatta-linked probe. The Special Court on Tuesday authorised the Department of Money Laundering Investig...
KATHMANDU, July 7: The Special Court on Monday handed down its verdict in the Teramocs Procurement Scam by convicting the then Chairman of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), Digambar Jha...
Kathmandu. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against 11 people, including Rukum West's Athbiskot Municipality Mayor Ravi KC, at the Special Court. ...
CPN-UML vice chairperson and former finance minister was arrested after investigators linked him to a money laundering case involving controversial businessman Deepak Bhatta. The Special Court has...
KATHMANDU, June 23: The Special Court has granted the Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) permission to keep CPN-UML Vice-chair and former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel in ...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ruled that giving MPs direct authority to spend budget in the name of the 'MP Development Fund' (Constituency Infrastructure Development Program) is against the spi...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has granted permission to review its previous decision regarding the dispute over the legitimacy of the Nepali Congress and the validity of the working committee electe...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has granted permission to review the decision made in the Nepali Congress authenticity dispute.< /p> A full bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma and J...
Kathmandu. The review petition in the Nepali Congress authenticity dispute verdict by the Supreme Court has been scheduled in the full bench of Chief Justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, along with Just...
Jhapa. Most couples who go to court for divorce ultimately separate through mutual agreement, according to statistics from the Jhapa District Court. In the last three financial years, out of three...
Janakpurdham. Dhanusha District Court has disposed of five thousand 216 cases in the last fiscal year 2082/83. According to court information officer Hemkumar Mahato, five thousand 844 new cases w...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court, which was damaged by arson during the movement on Bhadra 23 and 24, 2082, has been becoming increasingly technology-friendly of late. The arson had also damaged the d...
Kathmandu. Congress leader Abhishek Giri has not submitted the bail set by the court. The Kathmandu District Court had ordered Giri to be released on a bail of 5 lakhs. Since the order was issued o...
Janakpurdham. Divorce cases have been increasing in Dhanusha district recently. The latest data from the District Court shows that divorce cases have increased due to social structure, migration, m...
Kathmandu. Supreme Court Chief Registrar Bimal Poudel has claimed that Nepal's judiciary is fully independent, capable, and impartial. Speaking at a meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Com...
Kathmandu. Three international human rights organizations that issued a statement expressing pressure for impeachment against three Supreme Court justices have not attended the meeting called by th...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court, in its verdict on the dispute related to the division of political parties, has interpreted that the provision of the original law (40 percent provision) will automati...
Kathmandu. Morocco has stated that it had previously warned that the Spanish Supreme Court's decision not to immediately return migrants entering Spain by sea would create problems. According to a...
Kathmandu. Medical businessman Durga Prasai has been ordered to be released. The District Court, Bhaktapur, ordered Prasai to be released on Monday. The court ordered that he be investigated outsi...
New Delhi. The number of judges including the Chief Justice in the Indian Supreme Court will now increase from 34 to 38. The bill brought to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court was ...
Kathmandu. A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding structural reforms, citing the extremely dire and unsafe conditions in Nepal's prisons, police detention center...
Chitwan. 66 cases older than two years are pending in the Chitwan District Court. Out of the total cases registered in the court, 2,590 cases are pending, with 66 of them being older than two years...
Kathmandu. Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has been released from jail. He was released after Peru's Constitutional Court overturned the 15-year prison sentence handed down to him in an in...
Kathmandu. Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla has stated that the true measure of democracy is not the facilities enjoyed by powerful individuals but the justice received by powerless citiz...
Kathmandu. Godawari Marble Industry in Lalitpur, which once operated 24 hours a day, has now turned into ruins. This industry has been closed for a decade after the Supreme Court canceled its perm...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has transferred 20 district judges on temporary assignment. As per the decision of Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma, arrangements have been made to assign judges workin...
Kathmandu. Supreme Court Justice Hariprasad Phuyal has stated that there is a need for professional and specialized court reporting in Nepal. Speaking at the 'Guideline on Court Journalism' book la...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus order in the name of the government to correct derogatory terms in official government records. In a writ filed by Gopal Bishwakarma, Chairman of ...
Kathmandu. Siddhartha Thapa, who was implicated in the passport contract case, has been released on ordinary bail. The bench of Special Court Chairman Basudev Acharya and member Hemant Rawal ordere...
Kathmandu. The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted of rape and kidnapping after 18 years. Justice Bimal Kumar Yadav's single bench acquitted Ram Chander (Chhotu) giving him the 'benefit ...
Kathmandu. A case has been filed in the Kathmandu District Court against 8 people on charges of fraud by misappropriating the land and government budget of Nepal Bal Sangathan (Bal Mandir) for pers...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has overturned the government's decision to provide government advertisements and information only to state-owned media (Gorkhapatra, Radio Nepal, and Nepal Television)...
New York Mayor Johran Mamdani has clarified that the city of New York does not have the independent legal authority to enforce the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ag...
Washington DC. A federal court in the United States has temporarily halted the proposed merger agreement between Paramount SkyDance and Warner Bros. Discovery, valued at approximately $110 billion....
Kathmandu. The Judicial Council has recommended the transfer of 50 judges of the High Court and 157 judges of the District Court. The council's meeting held on Thursday decided to recommend to the ...
Kathmandu. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the Special Court against former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, controversial businessm...
Kathmandu. A case has been filed in the Special Court against UML leader and former Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel demanding a claim of 20 crore 90 lakh rupees for the offense of money laundering. ...
Janakpurdham. The High Court Janakpur has succeeded in resolving more cases than its target in the fiscal year 2082/83. The court achieved 101.60 percent progress compared to its annual target. Ac...
New York. A US federal court has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Apple for allegedly allowing child abuse material to spread through iCloud. The court ruled that existing laws do not permit holdi...
KATHMANDU. The Special Court has convicted former Nepal Telecom Managing Director Sunil Poudel of acquiring illegal property and sentenced him to jail and a fine. The bench of Special Court Chairm...
Kathmandu. Judge and President of the Consumer Court, Kathmandu, Dr. Divakar Bhatta, has stated that serious cases related to consumer rights have not reached the courts. Speaking at a discussion p...
New Delhi. Bollywood star Salman Khan has got into another legal dispute. The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has issued a notice in a public interest litigation filed in connection with a housi...
Kathmandu. Britain's Prince Harry and six other prominent individuals have lost a lawsuit filed against the publisher of the media outlet Daily Mail. A judge at the British High Court dismissed all...
Kathmandu. Former Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohan Bahadur Basnet has been acquitted by the Special Court in the much-discussed 'Terramax' purchase corruption case. The b...
Kathmandu. The Special Court has convicted former Chairman of the Telecommunications Authority Digambar Jha, former member Dhanraj Gyawali, and former member Tikaprasad Upreti. The court has sente...
Kathmandu. Former Managing Director of Dairy Development Corporation Dr. Shatrughna Prasad Sah has been convicted in a corruption case. The joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Binod Sharma and Sh...
Washington DC. The US Supreme Court has ruled that children born in America have the constitutional right to citizenship. With this order from the court, President Donald Trump's attempt to end the...
Washington D.C. The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal seeking to review the civil case verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jea...
Rautahat. After the District Court Rautahat convicted and imposed fines, the police have arrested 10 fugitive defendants who had been living in hiding for a long time. Under a special campaign to ...
Kathmandu. Former minister and UML leader Vishnu Paudel has been presented at the Special Court. Paudel was presented at the Special Court on Monday.
Washington DC. The US Supreme Court has allowed the Donald Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria. In a 6-3 majori...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has issued a show cause order on the habeas corpus writ of former minister Bishnu Poudel. Supreme Court Justice Shrikant Poudel, hearing the habeas corpus writ, issued ...
Special Court Kathmandu has granted permission to extend the detention of CPN-UML Vice-Chairman and former minister Bishnu Poudel for seven days for investigation on Tuesday. The bench of judges N...
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