The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

expected to be submitted within six months and for this purpose the Plan had also determined
result indicators. In order to strengthen supervision and monitoring activity the Supreme Court had
established a Monitoring and Inspection Division wherein an inspection timetable has been
prepared, inspection reports are being collected at the central level and monitoring of execution of
directives given during the time of inspection is also being carried out. Justices of the Supreme
Court have been vested with the responsibility of inspecting and monitoring the Appellate Courts
and its subordinate units. Other than the second year, inspections of courts have been carried out
in other years.
3.2.3 Court Management
Activities such formulation of the strategic plan and its subsequent execution, collection of financial
resources and its subsequent management, construction of infrastructure and renovation,
management of human resources, management of records, dissemination of judicial information,
research on law, precedents and justice system of Nepal and establishment of relations with
stakeholders outside the justice sector has been classified under court management.
3.2.3.1 Implementation of Strategic Plan
With regards to implementation of the Strategic Plan, a High-Level Directive Committee under the
Chairmanship of Right Honorable Chief Justice has been constituted for the purpose of carrying
out the supervision and monitoring activities. Likewise, under the coordination of the honorable
justice of the Supreme Court 32 , a Plan Implementation Committee was established wherein
processes relating to implementation of the Plan was initiated. In order to assist and coordinate
with the Plan Implementation Committee, Joint Registrar of the Research and Planning Division
has been nominated as the Member-Secretary of the Committee. Pursuant to the decision made
by the High-Level Directive Committee, a mid-term review of the Plan was conducted. Plan
Implementation Committee has carried out regular monitoring and evaluation regarding
implementation of the Plan and in order to render the implementation of the Plan effective the
committee has rendered various policies. 33
3.2.3.2 Acquisition of Financial Resources and its Management
Prior to the commencement of the Plan, there has been a remarkable increase in the budget with
the commencement of the Plan. Upon approval of the Plan, budget deemed necessary for
implementation of the activities was projected and submitted before the government and the
judiciary is hopeful that sufficient budget as projected will be released. 34 Since the budget as
determined by the Plan could not be released, this has had an impact on the implementation of the
Plan.
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Status of Budget and Disbursement Project by the Plan
Fiscal Year Estimated Budget Disbursement Percentage
2061/062 832,551,890 760,102,000 91.30%
2062/063 1,709,823,594 840,693,000 49.17%
2063/064 1,297,635,270 921,890,000 71.04%
2064/065 1,499,933,009 969,890,000 64.66%
2065/066 1,506,400,753 1,188,461,000 78.79%
Total 6,846,344,516 4,681,036,000 68.37%
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Initially Senior Honorable Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi lead the committee which was later replaced by
Honorable Justice Kalyan Shrestha
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This has already been discussed in Chapter One.
34
Detailed description of the budget has been provided in Annex 4 and 5
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