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and data retrieval has been introduced. Court Work Description Guidelines, 2064, 84 has been
enacted which includes work description of human resources prescribed for each branch and
division of the courts. The National Judicial Council has been conducting study on case flow
management. 85
In order to strengthen the managerial capacity of the judiciary and to make it competent and
effective and in order to identify reforms and management policies a High-Level Court
Management Development Committee has been constituted. 86 The Committee has recommended
for implementation of differentiated case management for different cases. In addition to this, the
Committee has also suggested for case unit management on the basis of clustering of cases,
application of separate standards for separate courts regarding disposal of cases, determination of
time table, status of manpower and work should be entrusted pursuant to the work load, case
hearing management. For the purpose of identifying and determining the disputed matters, the
Committee also suggested for improvement in the current due date system and also suggested for
application of information technology with regards to case management. Likewise, the Committee
also suggested for updating the archiving system, provision of specialized benches and
implementation of panel system.
3.3.15 To institutionalize legal aid
Under this the Plan proposed a number of activities such as institutionalization of legal aid services
to the poor and disadvantaged groups, creation of attractive emoluments and benefits for court
appointed lawyers, expansion of services of these lawyers to drafting of plaints, defenses, appeals
and undertake all other important activities including the activities during the execution of decision.
In order to strengthen their capacity, the Plan also proposed to provide logistic support to these
lawyers and periodically evaluate their performance by maintaining the record of their activities.
In order to carry out the assignments a Committee headed by a Supreme Court justice 87 was
constituted to conduct a study and make recommendations and suggestions regarding legal aid
services to the poor and disadvantaged groups. The Committee made a number of
recommendations and suggestions such as appointment process of court appointed lawyers, their
work, remuneration, conditions of service and other privileges. Pursuant to the suggestions made,
conditions of services and appointment process of court appointed lawyers have been included in
the Supreme Court and District Court Regulations. 88 A guideline containing the appointment
process and conditions of services of court appointed lawyers has been prepared and has been
submitted by the Plan Implementation Committee for discussion at the Full Court.
3.3.16 To institutionalize information system in judicial activities
Activity relating to institutionalization of information system in legal works was not proposed as a
strategic intervention in the original Plan. The mid-term review proposed to include this activity as
one of the strategic intervention. Under this, various activities have been proposed such as: judicial
activities and data of legal information, decision and order of the court, weekly and daily cause list,
publications of court, monthly and annual activities, research reports, retrieval of current and
documented cases and system of monitoring and inspection of records, system of dissemination of
84 Court Work Description Guidelines, Supreme Court, Nepal, 2064
85 Research report regarding status of case flow submitted by Mr. Til Prasad Shrestha, Mr. Rishi Ram Acharya, Mr.
Tika Ram Acharya, 2064 Ashad
86 Honorable Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Supreme Court, headed this Committee which was constituted on
2065/9/3
87 Honorable Justice Anup Raj Sharma, Supreme Court
88 Rule 111 (b) of Supreme Court Regulation, 2049 and Rule 95 (a) of District Court Regulation, 2052
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