The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

eap benefits for the organization and this is deemed to be one of the challenges for the second
Plan.
The assistant employees who are appointed by the courts lack basic legal knowledge and this has
an impact in the justice dispensing process. Universities have closed down the certificate level for
law students and for an assistant employee to be qualified for the judicial service is required to
possess a certificate in any discipline which has created some problems and the judiciary has
taken note of this situation. Where the services and facilities for employees involved in the
campaign of dispensing justice is not sufficient, tends to lower their morale. Majority of the
assistant employees have opined and expressed for enactment of an umbrella Act for addressing
the judicial manpower and distribution of services and facilities. Provided, this is not sufficiently
addressed may have a negative effect on the implementation of the strategic plan and the judiciary
should remain alert in this regard.
4.1.4 Development of physical infrastructure
Physical Resources
The judiciary shall have to manage land and buildings for 101 judicial bodies including the
following courts: Supreme Court -1, Appellate Court – 16, District Court – 75, Administrative Court
– 1, Special Court – 1, Labor Court – 1, and other tribunals. Detailed description of land and
building including resident of each court has been provided in Annex 4 and 5. 108
Situation of Land
Supreme Court as of this date has not been able to obtain land pursuant to the prescribed
standard. The number of cases at the Supreme Court, judges and number of employees and
description of land has been provided in Annex 4 (a).
Four Appellate Courts have received land pursuant to the prescribed standard for office building
and residence whereas 12 Appellate Courts have not received land pursuant to the prescribed
standard. Appellate and District Courts of Ilam, Baglung and Jumla are located within the same
building. It is necessary to manage land pursuant to the prescribed standard for 12 Appellate
Courts. The number of cases at the Appellate Courts, judges and number of employees and
description of land pursuant to the prescribed standard has been provided in Annex 4 (b).
35 District Courts have received land pursuant to the prescribed standard for office building and
residence whereas 44 District Courts have not received land pursuant to the prescribed standard.
From among the available land, the land of 31 District Courts are scattered within 2 to 10 plots of
land. Land of Baglung, Jumla and Ilam District Court are jointly registered in the name of the
Appellate Courts, whereas land for Dhanusha District Court is under the ownership of a Trust.
Land for Kathmandu and Bhaktapur District Court is merely under their possession. Some of the
land registered in the name of Makwanpur District Court falls in Bhimphedi and likewise some of
the land registered in the name of Ramechhap District Court falls in Ramechhap market. Although,
land pursuant to the prescribed standards have been available for the District Courts, it is
necessary to manage the land that is scattered in different plots and places and it is deemed
necessary to purchase land pursuant to the prescribed standard for office and residence. The
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Standard regarding office building, residence and land of courts: Study report on Physical Infrastructure and
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