The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

functions and duties of the judiciary in English and Nepali language and construction of website of
the judiciary had also been targeted.
With the implementation of the Plan, sufficient improvements have been witnessed in the past in
the area of dissemination of judicial information. Publication of Nepal Law Magazine has been
regularized and there has been improvement in the quality of its publication. Information about the
courts and data are regularly disseminated through the publication of the Supreme Court Bulletin.
Annual report of the Supreme Court has been made more informative and has been standardized.
With the purpose of disseminating information about the courts, a Speaker has been nominated in
all levels of the court and functions, duties, rights and role of the Speaker has been prescribed. An
information cell has been established in all the courts. With the application of information
technology, a web site has been constructed at the Supreme Court for effective dissemination of
judicial information. The web site contains some important decisions of the court, information,
publication, weekly and daily cause list. A Charter has been prepared and published for the court
users.
3.2.3.6 Human Resource Management
The Plan envisaged and targets formulation of human resource policy, implementation of time
schedule for transfer and promotion, management of evaluation system of employees and
implementation of award and punishment system on the basis of the work executed. A separate
human resource unit has been established at the Supreme Court and the unit is involved in
collecting and updating the personal description of the human resources. A High-Level Committee
had been established for formulation of human resource development policy and a report therein is
expected to be submitted in the near future. A separate Act with regards to the terms of service for
court employees has been drafted. 39
3.2.3.7 Research on Law, Precedent and Justice System of Nepal
The Plan envisaged identifying laws, precedents and areas of the justice system deemed
necessary for research and also envisages setting up of a Task Force for the purpose of
conducting research in those areas, preparation and submission of research reports and for the
purpose of implementing the reports, the Plan envisages maintaining contacts with other research
oriented organizations.
In order to conduct study relating to reform of law and for the purpose of collecting, selecting and
publication of precedents propounded by the Supreme Court separate High-Level Committees
have been constituted. The Committee 40 established for conducting study relating to reform of law
has identified areas of reform (such as bail, bond, limitation, alternative mechanism for resolution
of dispute, Regulations of court, civil and criminal code and procedure) and have recommended for
improvement in the concerned Act and law. 41 Likewise, the Committee 42 established to study the
precedents had identified 13 topics wherein the said topics had been published in 17 parts. The
publications are in the process of being updated. With coordination with National Judicial
Academy, research oriented activities relating to Nepal judicial administration and justice system
has been initiated. During the stage of implementation of the Plan, various research oriented
activities such as jurisdiction of courts, human resources, physical infrastructure and logistic,
39
Description regarding human resources has been prescribed in Strategic Intervention 3.3.6
40
This Committee was established under the coordination of Honorable Justice Khil Raj Regmi, Supreme Court
41
The Committee has drafted separate Act for bail and limitation.
42
This Committee was established under the coordination of Senior Honorable Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi
26