MP Nyaupane: Nepal's Judiciary is Helpless in Verdict Implementation

Kathmandu. Ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) MP Yagyamani Nyaupane has said that Nepal's judiciary has become helpless in the matter of verdict implementation. 

Speaking at a meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee under the Federal Parliament's House of Representatives on Wednesday, he expressed objection, stating that the government has not implemented court orders, directives, and verdicts despite repeated reminders.

He presented the example in the committee that the concerned parties have suffered greatly because the government has not yet implemented the Supreme Court's verdict regarding the Giribandhu Tea Estate. MP Nyaupane also demanded that the parliament and parliamentary committees strictly warn the government to implement the matters stipulated by the constitution and laws.

Expressing his views at the meeting, he said, 'We have written in the constitution - court orders, directives, verdicts must be obeyed. We have said in the law - delayed justice is no justice. Therefore, we said justice should be delivered quickly. First, there are no verdicts. Second, even if there are verdicts, this is the pace of implementation. Now that the responsibility of verdict implementation has come to us, through the Speaker, the concerned stakeholders like forming a committee to recognize same-sex marriage. This issue was discussed on Poush 6, 2064 BS. It said to recognize marriage. By now, the age for marriage might have passed. The Supreme Court says - recognize it. The state does not recognize it to this day. That is the impact. If we talk about this Giribandhu Tea Estate - I see it today - there are 1400 plots in Birtamod Buspark. There are nine hundred houses. But they are under restriction. Neither their property is released, nor are they systematized. Today, because the state has not implemented the verdict, I feel it is difficult to say - even though it is an independent judiciary, our court's verdict implementation directorate has become helpless.'

MP Nyaupane asserted that although Nepal's judiciary is called an independent judiciary on paper, in practice, the state's control over it still remains. He stated that the government's disregard for the directive orders given by the court years ago has raised questions on the rule of law.