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matters affecting judicial autonomy, execution of decision, policies regarding case management
have been carried out.
3.2.3.8 Development of Relation with Stakeholders outside the Justice Sector
The Plan had envisaged maintaining active relation with stakeholders beyond the justice sector
and also aims to increase mutual assistance. Likewise, the Plan also aims at identifying the
problems of the judiciary and calls for resolution of such problems by calling a coordination
meeting and provided problems cannot be resolved, the Plan envisages informing the Supreme
Court and also aims to generate resources deemed necessary for the court. During the stage of
implementation of the Plan, a central level Justice Sector Coordination Committee headed by the
Justice of the Supreme Court had been established which constituted of stakeholders of the justice
sector and representative from the civil society. 43 Likewise, Justice Sector Coordination
Committees have been established at the Appellate and District levels and the committees are
headed by the Chief Judges of the respective courts. Establishment procedure of the committee
and jurisdiction of the committee has been defined and an information booklet regarding the
committee has been published by the Supreme Court and the committee from time to time is
involved in organizing various programs, interaction and coordination.
3.3 Strategic Interventions
The Plan had identified 16 strategic interventions. During the mid-term review of the Plan, some of
the strategic interventions identified by the Plan have been suspended, whereas some have been
integrated or added. As a result, the Plan now has 21 strategic interventions. 44 The strategic
interventions and activities there under and the achievements made therein are separately
reviewed hereinbelow.
3.3.1 To strengthen management capacity of judiciary so as to make it competent and
effective
The Plan had envisaged identification of organizational policy and its subsequent development,
review of organizational features on the basis of management survey; identification of
management training and on the basis of need identification, the Plan had aimed to conduct
trainings with coordination with other institutions.
For the purpose of providing recommendations on implementation of the strategic interventions,
two committees’ vis-à-vis a Court Organization and Management Committee and a Judicial
Administration Act Review Committee 45 had been established. The Court Organization and
Management Committee 46 had pointed out that the court had not been able to develop according
to the new management values and principles and that the court failed to develop pursuant to the
development in the area of information and media technology. Likewise, the Committee with
regards to the work loads of various courts and tribunals also pointed out lack of sufficient
distribution of manpower. Similarly, the Committee highlighted that the service rendered by the
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Initially Honorable Justice Khil Raj Regmi headed this Committee and currently this Committee is presided by
Honorable Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha
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Strategic interventions added during the mid-term review are as such: establishment and strengthening of monitoring
and inspection system, strengthening of the library, strengthening institutional capacity of courts and tribunals,
establishment and strengthening of commercial benches and strengthening of juvenile justice system.
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The committee established under the coordination of Honorable Justice Khil Raj Regmi had submitted its report on
062 Baisakh. (Since the report submitted by the Committee has been discussed in detail in Strategic Intervention 7,
the same has not been reiterated).
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Then Honorable Justice Prem Raj Sharma, Appellate Court Butwal headed this Committee and the Committee had
submitted its report on 2062 Baisakh
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