Reports on court judgments, interim orders and hearings.
The Kathmandu District Court has ordered Rs 5.68 billion to be recovered from the 17 convicted and refunded to savers proportionally. All defendants were acquitted of organised crime.
The Kathmandu District Court’s full judgment orders eight defendants to repay victims. It finds a government task force report was forged but does not establish who forged it.
In the case against former finance minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and others, the court has ordered the debt office and aviation authority to produce loan repayment and contractor payment details.
A mandamus directs the government to set up licensing and regulation for cannabis grown for medicinal, scientific, agricultural and industrial purposes. The full text of the judgment was made public recently.
An interim order stops the provincial government from taking decisions of long-term significance while the court hears a petition claiming the chief minister failed to seek a vote of confidence within 30 days.
