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Press evaluation:
Background:

Parliamentary hearing of judges: Continue it in new constitution, by Sandesh Shrestha (ht 10/05/2012)

Clash of the courts: The arrival of a constitutional court will represent a huge institutional imposition within our justice system and inevitably lead to conflict, by Gyan Basnet (kp 02/05/2012), War of the courts: Unavoidable conflict, by Gyan Basnet (ht 08/05/2012)

Judicial Council split on tainted judges’ case (ht 26/04/2012)

Apex court burdened with loads of cases, by Pranab Kharel (kp 22/04/2012)

Ad-hoc judges at SC prod chief justice: Urge him to appoint or relieve them of duties (ht 21/04/2012)

SC orders rehearing of Pokharel case: Says Spl Court’s decision to acquit the former secretary of graft charge was flawed (kp 16/04/2012)

Judicial reform bone of contention, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 14/04/2012)

Supremely slow: Besides the legislature, the judiciary’s inefficiency is pitiful (kp 11/04/2012)

Judge appointment ‘only after May 27’, by Pranab Kharel (kp 08/04/2012)

Judicial reform: To enjoy broader legitimacy, the judiciary will need to be more liberal (kp 29/03/2012)

Recipe for a tussle: Two parallel courts at an apex level can convolute the country’s legal system, by Semanta Dahal (kp 20/03/2012)

JC okays bill on inclusion (rep 06/03/2012), JC bill to augment lawyers’ career (kp 06/03/2012)

Female Lawyers Protest Discrimination in Nepali Legal Sector, by Lochana Sharma (rep 02/03/2012)

JC shortlists complaints against 12 judges, by Pranab Kharel (kp 02/03/2012)

Why were review petitions rejected, Supreme Court asks joint registrar (kp 01/03/2012)

JC mulls judge appointments through competition (rep 01/03/2012)

JC decides to study faulty court verdicts (rep 29/02/2012)

Fast-track gendercourt in offing: To ensure speedy justice in GBV cases (ht 25/02/2012)

Hear ye, hear ye: Recent court decisions have reinforced faith in the judiciary, but the big fish got away, by Kahar Singh Khadka (kp 24/02/2012)

Supreme arrears: Any further delay in filling the vacancies in the Supreme Court will only mean denial of justice, by Semanta Dajhal (kp 23/02/2012)

Miscarriage of justice never costs judges; Apex court issues notices, none reaches Judicial Council though, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 23/02/2012)

Spl Court judge who acquitted Gupta was mired in controversy, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 22/02/2012), ‘Special Court judges made grave error’, summary of the court verdict (unofficial translation) (kp 22/02/2012), Special Court judges who acquitted Gupta set to face action (nn 22/02/2012), Action against Special Court judges uncertain (kp 24/02/2012), JC begins process to take judges to task for errors (ht 24/02/2012), The mote in thy brother's eye: The judiciary must first do justice to its own credibility, by Anurag Acharya (nt 24/02/2012)

Pride and prejudice, by Narayan Kandel (rep 08/02/2012)

Prosecutorial independence: Separation of Attorney General from the Executive, by Anuj Mishra (ht 08/02/2012)

Guardian of justice: The Supreme Court must quickly extricate itself from the quicksand of politics, by Gyan Basnet (kp 25/01/2012)

A Question Of Judicial Self-Indulgence, by Gyan Basnet (rn 19/01/2012)

JC shocked by NBA’s pick for judges: Says some of the names recommended lack minimum standard (ht 16/01/2012)

House to implement apex court verdict (ht 12/01/2012)

Contempt of court case reaches bench after six months, by Khilanath Dhakal (rep 22/12/2011)

Don’t scandalise the judiciary, says CJ (ht 19/12/2011)

Gupta says many may have bribed themselves to judges’ post, by Pranab Kharel (kp 16/12/2011), Minister raps Judicial
Council for ‘bribery’ Refuses to name lawyers offering money
(ht 16/12/2011)

Mediation centres for better justice delivery, clearing of cases backlog, by Pranab Kharel (kp 11/12/2011)

JC working to appoint SC justices (rep 27/11/2011)

Judiciary helpless as govt denies crucial police force, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Pranab Kharel (kp 11/11/2011)

Judicial Council refuses to make public reports on judges (ht 11/11/2011)

SC overturns earlier verdict to give clean chit to former IGPs (nn 11/11/2011), SC tells Special Court to re-open ex-IGP cases, by Bimal Gautam (rep 12/11/2011), Bohara, Kharel cases back in Special Court: Decision to quash cases was flawed: SC (kp 12/11/2011), Reopen scrapped graft cases: SC; Special Court told to try ex-IGP Bohara and Kharel for corruption (ht 12/11/2011)

Cases at labor court go up (rep 03/11/2011)

SC reduces sentence to ex-NAC chief (nn 14/09/2011)

Supreme Court fails to expedite corruption related trials: Committee formed to make recommendations on graft cases yet to come up with report (ht 12/09/2011)

Apex court to start evening hearings (nn 06/09/2011)

Govt seeks resources for fast-track court (ht 14/08/2011)

SC orders PAC not to overstep jurisdiction, by Sundar Khanal (rep 01/08/2011)

Govt must prioritize execution of judgments: CJ Regmi (rep 16/07/2011)

Judicial police force idea coasting on choppy seas, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 12/07/2011)

Judiciary’s Role Re-examined, by Mukti Rijal (rn 14/06/2011)

Separate court verdicts giving fugitives leeway, by Thakursingh Tharu (kp 03/06/2011)

Challenges ahead for chief justice, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep 21/05/2011)

Criminal justice: Call for system improvement (kp 18/05/2011)

Crisis as JC duo set to retire: Graft cases and transfer of judges likely to be hit (ht 14/05/2011)

CJ Regmi assumes office, vows reform: Seeks police help in executing orders; Free hotline at apex court on cards (ht 07/05/2011)

Habeas corpus in dist courts: SC to amend laws (kp 28/04/2011), SC amends rules to devolve powers to lower courts (ht 28/04/2011)

Apex court fiat to govt over inmates’ presence in court (kp 21/04/2011)

More power for district, appellate courts, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/04/2011)

No work for dispute settlement body: Lawyers accused of not bothering to do their job, by Rishi Baral (ht 15/04/2011)

JC sacks two 'incompetent' judges; warns four others (nn 11/04/2011), JC sacks two judges, warns four others, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 12/04/2011), JC hands pink slip to two appeal judges: Shrestha issues warning to four others,goes on leave, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 12/04/2011)

Regmi next chief justice, by Bimal Gautam (rep 08/04/2011), PM sets April 11 date to appoint new CJ (ht 08/04/2011), Can Regmi have a firm hand on hammer: Bar raised for would-be CJ to live up to expectations (ht 09/04/2011), Constitutional Council names Regmi as new CJ (nn 11/04/2011), House panel approves Regmi as new chief justice (nn 28/04/2011), House panel okays Regmi nomination (kp 29/04/2011), Prez appoints Regmi as new CJ (rep 06/05/2011)

CJ considering to go on leave before retiring (ht 02/04/2011), CJ Shrestha urges PM to expedite process for nominating new CJ; not to hear cases from today (nn 05/04/2011)

JC to take action against 6 judges (rep 24/03/2011)

SC refuses to review CA term extension verdict (kp 22/03/2011), The Disturbing Verdict, by Surya Dhungel (sp 25/03/2011)

Special Courts and tribunals: For effective and speedy justice delivery, by Manoj K.C. (ht 22/03/2011)

Friday judgment day for six tainted judges (ht 22/03/2011)

Court to crack down on corrupt: Sub judice graft cases against bigwigs to be settled (ht 22/03/2011)

CJ nixes constitutional court idea (kp 15/03/2011), Chief Justice objects to constitutional court, by Bimal Gautam (rep 15/03/2011)), Constitutional Court: Decision clips SC wings, say judges (kp 17/03/2011)

Constitutional court to interpret new constitution (nn 11/03/2011)

Justice done, by Khagendsra N. Sharma (kp 11/03/2011)

Contempt of court: Apex court acquits six Maoist leaders (kp 10/03/2011)

Implementing Supreme Court Decisions, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (rn 24/02/2011)

Why women should be lawyers: Women’s best defence is legal education, by Aakriti Raymajhi (kp 23/02/2011)

Rs 3.99b in court fines yet to be raised (kp 22/02/2011)

Aryal quits post over differences with CJ (ht 21/02/2011)

Changing laws, changing times: A change in trends of divorce in Kathmandu has its District Court adopt new legal procedures, by Dipendra Bista (kp 12/02/2011)

Judiciary in federalism: Autonomy comes first, by Shyam Prasad Mainali (ht 26/01/2011)

CJ’s property details public (ht 22/01/2011)

Impeachment against Bam impending: Major parties agree, in principle,to initiate action against SC justice (ht 20/01/2011), Big 3 one on impeaching justice Bam, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 20/01/2011)

Court vs corruption, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep 17/01/2011)

Two SC justices to be re-appointed (nn 06/01/2011)

For Proper Justice To The People, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 03/01/2011)

SC overturns PSC decision on quota (ht 29/12/2010)

More juvenile courts on cards (ht 26/12/2010)

Barring Bam no statute breach, says CJ (kp 23/12/2010)

SC judges obstruct CJ’s plan: Say security issues involved in declaring their assets (ht 22/12/2010)

Separate watchdog needed for judiciary, interview with Balaram K.C. (kp 19/12/2010)

Public Interest Litigation: Preventing Misuse, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (sp 17/12/2010)

Justice must prevail (rep 12(12/2010)

Judiciary to take giant modernisation leap (kp 10/12/2010)

SC upholds Republic Day state honours: Tells govt to award judges only after CJ’s consent (ht 06/12/2010)

Baban Singh against making AG judge: Says the act poses threat to independence of judiciary (ht 06/12/2010)

Minister raps probe panel: Says it overreached jurisdiction, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 04/12/2010), Law Minister questions judge KC’s competence (ht 04/12/2010)

Impunity Watch: Judiciary denied muscle power; Govt turns down request to provide separate unit of police force, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Anil Giri (kp 29/11/2010)

Dismiss tainted judges: Probe panel, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 27/11/2010)

JC recommends 5 for SC justices (kp 20/11/2010)

Scrap CJ hearing in House: SC; Says it’s against principle of independence of judiciary (ht 18/11/2010)

Rs 4b in fines yet to be raised: According to the SC, there is a total of 81,007 years of prison sentences still to be served, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 05/11/2010)

Needed judicial reforms, by Krishna Man Pradhan (rep 03/11/2010)

New body for appointments in judiciary (kp 30/10/2010)

Court hearing amnesty to killer, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 28/10/2010)

SC trains guns at prez secy, ex-minister (ht 27/10/2010)

JC suspends Pokhara Appellate Court judge (nn 25/10/2010)

Home Minister, IGP face contempt charge (ht 13/10/2010), SC orders release of trio (kp 14/10/2010), Contempt action against minister, IGP suspended: Petitioner drops charge saying detainees released (ht 14/10/2010)

SC again asks officials to appear in court (kp 12/10/2010)

SC won’t play adviser to govt in law making (ht 06/10/2010)

SC junks writ on Prez’s Katawal move (kp 01/10/2010), SC limits prez to ceremonial role: Says no to privileges, immunity, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 01/10/2010) [!!], Supreme Court verdict (rep 02/10/2010)

NBA dissatisfied with SC verdict on Sobhjraj's lawyer (nn 29/09/2010), SC’s Sakuntala verdict under fire (kp 05/10/2010), NBA urges SC to lift ban on lawyers holding judgeship (ht 05/10/2010)

Judiciary has failed to deliver (ht 11/09/2010)

SC scraps proviso on women’s property (ht 27/08/2010)

SC recognises 26 more lawyers as senior advocates (nn 17/08/2010)

Apex court annuls VDIS (ht 13/08/2010)

Abide by code, Chief Justice tells lawyers (ht 13/08/2010)

Petitioners’ privacy at stake, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 09/08/2010)

SC issues circulars to courts to expedite verdict execution (ht 06/08/2010)

Inquiry panel grills suspended judge: Defendant says decision was legal (ht 03/08/2010)

Apex court upholds Sobhraj life term, by Baburam Kharel (kp 31/07/2010), Verdict out: Sobhraj to stay in jail for life: Supreme Court upholds lower courts’decision to convict him in murder case, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 31/07/2010)

Justice adjudication up by 7 per cent (ht 23/07/2010)

SC concession for convicts at large: Older the conviction, higher the discount and lesser the fine (ht 21/07/2010)

SC show cause on marriage age bar (kp 06/07/2010)

See you in court: The Maoist constitution has envisaged a three-tier judiciary: federal, state and local, by Prakash A. Raj (kp 06/07/2010)

PIL against eighth amendment (ht 06/07/2010), Defend extension of CA term: Apex court (ht 07/07/2010)

Inter-caste union cash law challenged (kp 05/07/2010)

Govt cold-shoulders SC ruling (ht 03/07/2010)

SC defers Prez move hearing (ht 02/07/2010)

Matrika Yadav asks CJ to decide his case within a week (nn 02/07/2010)

Court against juvenile detention (ht 24/06/2010)

Bid to curb forgery of court verdicts, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 21/06/2010)

Juvenile court fails to get off ground, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 14/06/2010), No kidding: Absence of a juvenile court is likely to be denying many children justice (kp 15/06/2010)

Bar for making judges’ property details public: Against parliamentary supremacy over judiciary (ht 14/06/2010)

SC for women’s rights education in curricula (ht 12/06/2010)

Judiciary In Nepal: Good And Bad Precedents, by Mukti Rijal (rn 04/04/2010)

Judges root cause of corruption, says NBA prez (ht 01/04/2010)

Supreme Court's surprise check finds 29 KDC staffer missing (ht 01/04/2010)

Shrestha appointed new CJ (nn 28/03/2010), New CJ against parliamentary control of judiciary (nn 28/03/2010), CJ Shrestha sworn in (ht 29/03/2010)

Judge lashes out at bossiness in SC (ht 25/03/2010)

CJ set to retire (ht 24/03/2010)

SC to introduce e-attendance on court cases (ht 18/03/2010)

Shrestha recommended as new CJ (kp 17/03/2010), Justice Shrestha to be new CJ, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 17/03/2010), Complaints against new CJ (ht 24/03/2010), Hearing committee upholds Shresthas nomination as CJ (ht 26/03/2010)

Separate constitutional bench sought in apex court (ht 16/03/2010)

SC mulls rewards for convicts (ht 12/03/2010)

SC slams Maoist govt move on court benches (ht 12/03/2010)

Widow Allowance; SC to govt: Remove age threshold (kp 11/03/2010)

‘Begin anti-graft drive with judges’ (kp 06/03/2010)

JC gears up CJ appointment process (ht 05/03/2010)

SC gets 2 justices (kp 04/03/2010), SC appoints Bam, Sitaula (ht 04/03/2010) [Long live Bahunvad in judiciary!!]

SC panel pins graft blame on judges, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 01/03/2010)

CJ frets about 'threat' to judicial independence (ht 25/02/2010)

SC asks govt to set up courts for women, kids (ht 24/02/2010)

SC seeks 1000 ‘judicial police’ for security of courts, judges (nn 24/02/2010), SC seeks 1,000 cops for courts, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 24/02/2010)

SC for tougher penalty for contempt of lower courts, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 23/02/2010)

Apex court directive on out-of-court settlement of cases (ht 22/02/2010)

Comments On The Proposed Judiciary, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (rn 20/02/2010)

Appoint judges, JC tells panel (ht 19/02/2010)

'Service with a smile': Judges and court staff need to revamp their attitude if they are to keep public respect, by Kamal Prasad Pokharel (kp 28/01/2010)

Judges commit to judiciarys independence in statute (ht 09/01/2010)

Govt attorney defends Prez move in Supreme Court (ht 02/01/2010)

SC to review ex-CJ murder bid case (ht 02/01/2010)

Toran case put off (ht 01/01/2010), SC stays Toran's promotion (nn 03/01/2010)

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