The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

Furniture and other Equipments
Currently all the courts have record files equivalent to 2.5 million rupees. Appropriate furniture is
required for proper management of those files. Unfortunately, management of furniture has not
been done. Although, the Supreme Court and the Appellate Courts do not have any particular
problem regarding furniture, this problem is outstanding in the District Courts. Most of the courts
have hall but are devoid of furniture. It is necessary to manage proper chairs and tables for the
employees working in the courts. There is a lack of clear policy regarding management of old
furniture, re-utilization of such furniture and renovation and repair of such furniture.
With regards to the availability of computers and the status of its application this topic has already
been discussed above. Many of the courts have computers but are devoid of printers. Whereas
many of them have printers but do not have toners and many places lack the facility of changing or
refilling the toner. In particular, computers and other logistics received from various projects needs
to be repaired and there is a lack of long-term management of these equipments. There is a
problem in managing cable for the computers, back-up power and toner for the printers. Taking
into consideration the long hours of load shedding, it is necessary to make provision for back-up
power. There should be a policy of decentralizing the management of furniture and other materials
and the concerned courts should have the authority to obtain furniture and materials based on the
case load and number of people working therein.
4.1.5 Result Oriented Application of Information Technology
During the period of the first Plan, some important activities have been undertaken in the
development of information technology. Nevertheless, the development of information and
communication technology and its implementation could not be achieved fully due to the lack of
development of information technology centric manpower. The Appellate and District Courts lack
sufficient manpower in handing and operating computers. Judiciary does not have a permanent
manpower regarding operation and management of computers. In order to link the information and
communication technology with case management process the judiciary needs the following
technical manpower for the following courts: Supreme Court – 14, Appellate Courts – 48 and
District Courts – 225. 109 This manpower should be fulfilled on a permanent basis or on a
contractual basis. It is necessary to institutionalize and strengthen the application of information
technology. In order to provide recognition to the application of information technology, it is
necessary to review and reform the legal provisions.
It is necessary to develop an automated case system through the information technology. For this
every case should be provided with an identification number and all level of the court should use
the same number and the proceedings of the case should be linked to the automated process
wherein the concerned party through the use of the internet may use his identification number and
know about the proceedings of his case and it is also necessary for the courts to develop a
mechanism wherein the courts through the information technology could provide information about
the proceedings of the case to the concerned parties. It is necessary for the judiciary to actively
take part in the management of record, information and data, collection and preservation of the
same and should be geared towards applying the information and communication technology.
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