The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

Appellate
Court
No. of
Cases
TABLE: 16
Statement of Disposal of Cases in Appellate Courts
2061/062 2062/063 2063/064 2064/065
%
No. of
Judges
No. of
Cases
%
No. of
Judges
49
No. of
Cases
%
No. of
Judges
No. of
Cases
%
No. of
Judges
Ilam 197 55.65 3 225 49.78 3 487 62.83 3 537 41.90 3
Dhankuta 128 62.44 2 106 61.63 4 134 58.21 4 173 58.38 4
Biratnagar 934 44.84 5 995 41.91 6 2,270 53.13 7 1,884 55.73 6
Rajbiraj 1,405 59.51 7 1,069 52.25 7 1,689 46.54 7 1,600 25.44 7
Janakpur 1,348 49.20 8 1,230 49.42 8 2,151 63.37 7 1,834 27.10 7
Hetauda 1,546 61.84 6 1,176 45.30 8 2,703 62.36 8 2,336 45.68 7
Patan 3,546 50.50 11 3,372 48.48 13 6,563 61.34 13 6,548 48.35 12
Pokhara 580 61.57 4 482 66.06 4 624 66.67 4 585 55.73 4
Baglung 79 60.30 3 132 78.57 3 109 69.72 3 115 80.00 3
Butwal 1,259 60.94 6 1,231 67.16 8 1,220 77.79 7 1,146 72.43 7
Tulsipur 218 70.78 3 220 68.75 3 227 60.79 2 242 34.30 3
Surkhet 101 81.45 3 77 77.78 3 49 73.47 3 74 63.51 3
Nepalgunj 581 57.13 4 427 43.09 4 897 52.29 4 808 53.59 2
Jumla 17 44.74 3 34 73.91 2 31 35.48 2 55 83.64 3
Dipayal 61 36.31 2 120 65.22 2 158 46.02 2 166 51.81 3
Mahendra
nagar
131 57.20 3 177 61.25 3 271 63.47 3 239 68.62 3
Looking at the performance of work of the District Court, it can be drawn that the courts are
competent of disposing cases equivalent to new registrations. Besides that, the disposal rate of
cases by judges performing in courts within Kathmandu valley and in the Terai courts where case
loads are very high are deemed to be very high. The average disposal rate of cases by the District
Court stands at 248 whereas the average disposal rate of cases by 14 judges disposing large
number of cases stands at 510 per judge.
Provided, the rate of disposal of cases by all the judges of all level of courts were to be equivalent
to 10% of the judges disposing maximum number of cases, there is a possibility of decreasing the
arrears with the current available manpower. Provided, new cases is to be registered in
comparison to the past year and provided the disposal rate of cases remains the same, then the
number of judges required for reaching a zero balance of cases at the Supreme Court, Appellate
Court and the District Court would be 65, 158 and 250 respectively.
From the overall data available of all the courts, although it can be drawn that remarkable
achievement has not be made with regards to disposal of cases in comparison to new registration,
the Supreme Court and some Appellate and District Courts are oriented towards achieving the
target set by the work implementation plan. Upon studying the personal work performance
(disposal rate) of the judges, it can be drawn that some judges no matter where they have been
transferred their disposal rate has been very high and that they have been guided by the target of
the Plan whereas some of the judges have remained indifferent towards the target set by the Plan.
Therefore, it is deemed appropriate that matters relating to performance of work pursuant to the
target should be lined with the standard regarding performance of work of judges.
Overall, it can be drawn that the judiciary under its present capacity is competent in itself to
address this issue but the problem lies in addressing this issue within the prescribed time frame.
The above data shows that although the disposal of cases in comparison to new registration and