The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

government of Nepal wherein Nepal government provided manpower and budget for only four
Commercial Benches and as such there are currently four Commercial Benches operating. 93
The National Judicial Academy has provided one-week basic training on commercial law for all the
judges and in the second stage, the Academy has provided advanced training to 20 judges.
94 Altogether 40 judges have been trained. With the purpose of facilitating the establishment of
Commercial Benches, the Supreme Court with assistance from the World Bank has been carrying
out various activities such as capacity enhancement of manpower, review of laws, training need
assessment, case management, establishment of information networking between courts and
review of jurisdiction of the Benches.
An agreement has been entered with the National Judicial Academy for providing training for
judges and officers deemed necessary for operating the Commercial Benches and training need
assessment has been made. For the purpose of studying the functioning of Commercial Benches,
exposures have been undertaken by judges and officers.
3.3.21 To strengthen juvenile justice system
The Plan proposed the following activities: enactment of a new Juvenile Act, strengthening of
physical infrastructure of juvenile courts/benches and capacity enhancement training for judges
and employees regarding juvenile justice.
During the Plan period, various activities regarding strengthening of the juvenile justice system has
been carried out by the Supreme Court, National Judicial Academy and other organizations.
Procedures 95 regarding the processes to be followed during hearing of the case, environment and
procedures have been issued. By end of the review of the Plan, juvenile benches have been
established in 26 districts. 96 Likewise, program relating to promotion and protection of child rights
and strengthening of legal infrastructure and institution are being carried out in six District Courts 97
and this program is being expanded in other eight districts. 98 The National Judicial Academy has
been providing capacity enhancement training on juvenile justice administration to judges,
government attorneys, legal professionals, officers of the courts and assistant employees.
Likewise, the proposed draft Bill on juvenile justice has been forwarded to the Ministry of Law.
Altogether 49 child psychologist and 25 social activists have been provided training for the juvenile
benches. Juvenile benches along with necessary infrastructure and CCTV have been made
available in 26 districts. Case information system has developed in the districts that have juvenile
benches. Currently, Juvenile Justice Committees have been constituted in 12 districts.
93 The four Commercial Benches have been established through a notification published in the Nepal Gazette on
2065/9/14 and are currently located in Appellate Court Biratnagar, Patan, Butwal and Nepalgunj.
94 Altogether 40 judges were trained in two stages by National Judicial Academy
95 Juvenile Justice (Procedure) Regulation, 2063
96 Ilam, Surkhet, Rupandehi, Kanchanpur, Morang, Saptari, Kathmandu, Kaski, Banke, Makwanpur, Lalitpur,
Bhaktapur, Parsa, Dhanusha, Jhapa, Sunsari, Chitwan, Syanjha, Baglung, Dang, Nawalparasi, Kailali, Udaypur,
Kavrepalanchowk, Jumla and Palpa.
97 Ilam, Sunsari, Banke, Kanchanpur, Makwanpur and Palpa
98 Dhankuta, Sindhuli, Parsa, Rupandehi, Kaski, Arghakhachi, Humla and Chitwan
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