The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

courts were not in accordance with the high standard set therein and had recommended for
addition of various posts and quota for resolution of the problem.
Pursuant to the recommendation made by the Committee, a separate technical unit has been
established in the Supreme Court, provisions for security officers, store officers have been made.
Likewise, standard for hiring technical and office assistants on a contractual basis has been
determined and pursuant to the standards set appointments are being made and some of the
quota have been approved and post have been fulfilled. With regards to other posts including the
post of Registrar General, necessary actions have been initiated for obtaining approval.
Some of the activities incorporated during the mid-review had been reviewed wherein activities
such as strengthening the Plan Implementation Secretariat was incorporated. Likewise,
preparation of work plan upon review of survey management has also been envisaged and
activities relating to implementation of management plan and commencement of procedures
relating to evaluation of work have also been decided.
With regards to commencement of procedures relating to evaluation work, a Task Force has been
constituted with representatives from the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Judicial Council, District
Court and Tribunal and the Task Force had been provided with a work order to submit its report in
this regard within two months. Although a decision to this effect has been taken no further progress
has been observed.
3.3.2 To pursue for increased budgetary allocation and secure financial autonomy in
disbursement and expenditure
For the purpose of conducting the regular activities of the judiciary, the Plan had projected some
concrete actions regarding acquisition of financial autonomy and appropriation of sufficient budget
and distribution of the same pertaining to its priority and need. Under this, presentation of the
budget along with the activities, drafting of appropriate policy for financial autonomy and autonomy
to work with donor organizations were included.
In order to include the Plan in the national plan and for implementation of the Plan formal requests
have been made to the Ministry of Finance for appropriation of necessary budget and National
Planning Commission for inclusion of the Plan in the national plan. Efforts have been made for
appropriation of budget for the implementation of the Plan. During this period although there has
been an increment in the budget for the judiciary, the judiciary is yet to receive sufficient budget. 47
A Committee on Financial and Judicial Autonomy 48 had been established to conduct a study on the
judicial, financial and administrative autonomy of the judiciary. The Committee had highlighted that
financial and administrative autonomy of the judiciary should be prescribed in the Constitution, that
the judiciary should be vested with the authority to frame rules deemed necessary for operating the
works of the judiciary. The committee recommended for establishment of a Financial Management
Committee to be chaired by the Chief Justice and represented by justice of the Supreme Court,
Finance Minister, Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission or a Member designated to
look into the affairs of the judiciary and Registrar of the Supreme Court as Member-Secretary. It
also recommended that the said Committee should formulate the budget for the judiciary and
submit it to the National Planning Commission wherein the Commission should include the budget
in its annual budget and to submit the budget, remuneration, services and facilities of justices and
employees of the court before the Parliament and for the purpose of assisting the Financial
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With regards to the budget the same has been mentioned in 3.2.3.2
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This Committee had been constituted under the coordination of Honorable Justice Balaram K.C., Supreme Court
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