Special Court Disposes 59.38% of Cases in FY 2082/83

Kathmandu. The Special Court Kathmandu has disposed of 59.38 percent, i.e., 155 cases in the fiscal year 2082/83. Out of 261 cases in that court, 106 cases are yet to be disposed of.

Although the court had set a target of disposing of 83.78 percent of cases in that fiscal year, it has stated that achieving the target was difficult due to the situation created by the protest on Bhadra 24 and the transfer of judges.

Court Chairman Sudarshan Dev Bhatta said, “It was difficult to dispose of cases as per the target because we had to spend some time managing the damaged building, information technology branch, computers, and other materials during the protest.”

The Special Court has disposed of five cases related to illegal property acquisition, 104 cases of procedural irregularities, 12 cases of fake certificates, 32 cases of bribery (corruption), and one case related to money laundering this year.

It has been taking action and deciding cases related to illegal property acquisition, bribery/corruption, procedural irregularities, fake certificates, and money laundering.

The Special Court, which has jurisdiction over disputes from all 77 districts of the country, has a legal provision of having six judges.

The Special Court had disposed of 88 percent of cases in 2080/81 and 61.32 percent in the fiscal year 2081/82. Among those fiscal years, 575 cases were disposed of in 2080/81, according to the data.

The Special Court has succeeded in reducing cases older than two years to zero. Chairman Bhatta informed that there are two cases pending for one and a half to two years. Similarly, there are 25 cases pending for one to one and a half years, 41 cases pending for six months to one year, and 87 cases pending for less than six months. According to the decisions made by the court, 1,187 years, 8 months, and 20 days of imprisonment remain to be served due to non-compliance.

According to the court's decisions on cases, an amount of Rs 10,567,706 has been recovered as the principal amount. The outstanding and recovered amount not yet settled is Rs 20,096,450,600. Similarly, the outstanding principal amount is Rs 4,934,827,600.

It has been stated that approximately Rs 150 million is related to cases under consideration in the Supreme Court before the final decision, and revenue collection from the execution of sentences by this fiscal year has progressed by Rs 30.895 million.

The court has prioritized the reconstruction, maintenance, painting, and security arrangements of physical infrastructure. Judge of the said court, Hemant Rawal, stated that the common understanding and determination of the justices are necessary for judicial performance with fearlessness and impartiality based on the support of people's hopes.

The court has set its future course of action, including a smart court, a commitment not to fall short of any facilities for service recipients in accessing justice, not to let case deadlines be missed, continuous interaction with stakeholders and employee training, and efforts to provide facilities for parties and witnesses to be represented from any corner of the world, not just within the country.