The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

During the first year of the Plan, 17,774 cases remained to be disposed wherein by end of the
fourth year the cases stood at 12,956 and as such it can be observed that cases during the Plan
period had reduced by 27.10%. Although, the target to reduce the cases exceeding two years to
zero could not be achieved as expected, from among the total number of pending cases during the
first year 47.12% cases stood to exceed two years whereas end of the fourth year witnessed
subsequent decrease in the number of cases wherein the number of cases stood at 33.42%.
From the overall data of the Appellate Court, although it can be observed that there is a decline in
registration of new cases there has been improvement in disposal of cases. In this regard, the
following descriptions have been presented herein below:
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TABLE: 5
Appellate Courts: Description of Cases under Original and Appellate
Jurisdiction
S.
N.
Description 2061/062 2062/063 2063/064 2064/065
Average of
4 years
1 Pending balance 10,042 10,157 10,723 7,803 9,681
2 New registration 12,246 11,739 8,888 10,539 10,853
3 Total 22,288 21,896 19,611 18,342 20,534
4 Disposal 12,131 11,173 11,808 8,620 10,933
5 Current balance 10,157 10,723 7,803 9,722 18 -
6 From among the pending balance, cases
exceeding two years
513 572 547 745 19 -
7 Disposal low/high against Number -115 -566 +2,920 -1,919 +80
new registration
Percentage -1% -5% +33% -18% +0.7% 20
8 Current balance low/high Number +115 +566 --2,920 +1,919 -80
against pending balance Percentage +1% +6% -27% +25% -0.8% 21
Although remarkable improvement could not be achieved in disposal of cases during the Plan
period in the Appellate Courts, in totality responsibility has reduced by 0.8% every year during the
Plan period. During the first year, the number of cases exceeding two years at the Appellate
Courts stood at 513 wherein the said number increased to 572 in the second year, 547 in the third
year and 745 in the fourth year and as such it can be observed that there has been subsequent
increase in the number of cases.
In the District Courts, disposal of cases has been higher than the registered cases during the first
year and during the second year; the rate of disposal has been slightly lower than the registration
of new cases. The rate has increased in the third year whereas there was a decrease in the fourth
year and the disposal of cases was not uniform. In comparison to new registration, disposal of
cases has been less. Overall description in this regard is provided herein below:
18 Pursuant to the Plan the target should have been 6,025
19 Pursuant to the Plan the target should have been zero
20 Target of the Plan was +10%
21 Pursuant to the Plan the target should have been -10%