The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

In order to effectively implement the decisions made in public interest litigation and the orders
issued pursuant to its writ jurisdiction, interaction with Secretaries of government of Nepal has
been conducted. The Plan Implementation Committee has entrusted the Division to request all
courts, tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies to prepare work plan 90 regarding inspection and work in
this regard in ongoing.
3.3.18 To strengthen the library system
The Plan had proposed for development of policy regarding library, construction of a separate
building for the library, networking between legal libraries and application of information technology
in library management.
The Library Committee has drafted a policy regarding establishment and management of library
and is in the process of receiving its opinion. Efforts towards increasing the level of the Supreme
Court library and documentation of books through the use of software have commenced. Enlisting
of books at the Supreme Court is ongoing.
3.3.19 To strengthen the institutional capacity of courts and tribunals
Under this various activities have been planned which are as such: organizing training programs
for the purpose designing the implementation plan, preparation of implementation plan and overall
evaluation of implementation.
With the conclusion of the mid-term review, the level of Plan Implementation Secretariat has been
enhanced and with coordination from the National Judicial Academy, skills on designing
implementation and work plan have been provided for the judges of the District and Appellate
Courts in eight different locations.
3.3.20 To establish and strengthen Commercial Bench
The mid-term review included establishment and strengthening of Commercial Benches as one of
its strategic intervention. Under this various activities have been proposed which are as such:
review of laws deemed necessary for establishment of Commercial Benches, framing of
regulations for Commercial Benches, fulfilling human resources, framing of procedures and
guidelines regarding Commercial Benches and providing training for judges and employees.
For the purpose of establishing and strengthening of the Commercial Benches, two Committees 91
were constituted. Pursuant to the report submitted by both the Committees and taking into
consideration the geographical location of the country, the Supreme Court in this regard has
corresponded with the government of Nepal requesting the government for the establishment of
Commercial Benches in six Appellate Courts. Likewise, another Committee 92 was constituted for
the purpose of reviewing laws deemed necessary for the establishment of the Commercial
Benches, framing of regulations regarding Commercial Benches, procedures and guidelines. The
Committee was asked to carry out the above activities and submit its report.
Having accomplished the above-mentioned task, the Supreme Court had sought for the
establishment of six Commercial Benches along with 66 different posts and budget from the
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Pursuant to the decision made by the Committee on 2065/5/19, this responsibility has been entrusted to Joint-
Registrar Bipul Neupane
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These Committees were headed by Honorable Justice Anup Raj Sharma, Supreme Court and Chief Judge Tarka Raj
Bhatta, Appellate Court
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Honorable Justice Keshari Raj Pandit, Appellate Court headed this Committee
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