1,258 cases stuck for over five years at Nepal’s Supreme Court

The workload of the judiciary has been growing steadily. When the strategic plan was first implemented in the judiciary in 2004, the total annual caseload across all courts stood at 107,641 cases. By the end of June 2025, that number had risen to 375,284 cases.

During that same period, annual case disposals rose from 53,812 to 228,142. This means the workload of the courts has grown by more than three times, while case disposals have increased by more than four times.