The Nepali Judiciary - Supreme Court Of Nepal

Chapter Five
Core Functions
Pursuant to the responsibility vested by the Constitution and law and from the past experience of
the previous Plan, the core functions of the court are as follows: adjudication, execution of
judgment and inspection and supervision. Court management which was defined as one of the
core functions in the first Plan has been included as one of the strategic intervention designed to
assist decision making and execution of judgment. Since, strategic interventions assist in the
effective implementation of the core functions, coordination between strategies and strategic
interventions have been made.
5.1 Adjudication
Under this, adjudication of cases has been included under this function, which includes
adjudication function from the Supreme Court to the District Court and other courts and tribunals.
Core Function
1. Adjudication Function
Result Indicators Strategies
1.1 Examine the constitutionality
of law
1.2 Issue orders under writ
jurisdiction for protection of
fundamental and legal rights and
public interest
1.3 Dispose cases through the
application of original and
appellate jurisdiction (including
courts, Special Courts and
tribunals)
• Dispose all disputes related to
constitutionality of law within
one year
• Dispose all writ petitions within
one year from the date of
registration
• Reduce pending 113 writ petition
by 75% (15% each year) during
the Plan period
• Dispose all disputes related to
constitutionality law within one
year
• Dispose all cases within the
limitation prescribed by law, not
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• Reduce pending cases by 50%
(10% each year) during the Plan
period
• Reform in case management
system
• Develop capacity of human
resource
• Management of logistic
deemed necessary
• Increase application of
information technology
• Bring effectiveness in
inspection and supervision
• Reform in security
•
management
Promote judicial
•
independence and autonomy
Effort to reform laws for
enhancing judicial service
• Strengthen
stakeholders
relation with
• Increase access to justice
• Institutional strengthening of
court
bodies
and other judicial
5.2 Execution of Judgment
Under this function falls execution of judgments made by the Supreme Court to the District Courts
and this also includes any orders, decisions made by other courts, tribunals and mediation.
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Pending cases denotes writ petitions not disposed within the period prescribed by the Plan from the date of
registration
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Cases shall be disposed within the first year for those cases that prescribed limitation and for those that have no
limitation, cases shall be decided within a period two years.
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