Apex court verdict splits legal eagles
(Advocate Bipin Adhilari defends the move, arguing that this would discourage those people who bring in PIL for a cheap publicity stunt. "PILs are brought before the court to defend the rights of…
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Apex court verdict splits legal eagles (The Kathmandu Post, April 26, 2013 P. 3)
Advocate Bipin Adhilari defends the move, arguing that this would discourage those people who bring in PIL for a cheap publicity stunt. "PILs are brought before the court to defend the rights of …
न्याय प्रशासनमा नवीनता : कति सही, कति गलत?
२०६९ वैशाख ११ इटालीमा सोह्रौं शताब्दीताका त्यहाँका दार्शनिक निकोलो मकियावेली धेरै चर्चित थिए। उनले लेखेको पुस्तक 'द प्रिन्स'आज धेरै बदनाम छ। तर, उनले लेखेको एउटा राम्रो कुरा यहाँ स्मरणयोग्य छ। सम…
Nepal in the Accounts of Early Jesuit Travellers
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was the first renowned European who reached Central Asia and India between 343-323 BC. The British exploration, which began about the end of the 18th century trig…
Hodgson's Miscellaneous Essays
Hodgson also writes about speedy disposal of court cases in Nepal. However, if his finding is related with the grievance of Poet Laureate Bhanubhakta Acharya [1814-1871], who had a civil case at …
Journo told to leave courtroom for attending a hearing in a T-shirt (April 20, 2013 )
My quick comment on the T-shirt wearing incident is that, although it was embarrassing to our colleague Ghanashyam Khadka, who is an able journalist and a cultured professional, this is perfectly…
Nepal in 1661
Athanasius Kircher, China Monumentis [Amsterdam: Jaco Meurs, 1667] The Year 1667 is not a politically remarkable year in the history of Nepal. But it is in this year that King Pratap Malla (reign…
महासमितिसँग अपेक्षा
२०६९ चैत २८ त्रिवेणीधाममा हुँदै गरेको नेपाली कांग्रेसको महासमितिको बैठक प्रत्यूत्पादक नभए पनि अनुत्पादक हुने सम्भावना धेरैले व्यक्त गर्दैछन् । संविधानसभाको कारुणिक अवसान र त्यसपछिको १० महिनाभन्दा…
A Financial Future for Nepal
[This is a part of the work entitled A Financial Future for Nepal: Creating an International Financial Services Center developed by Collins and Associates, 63-8 Commercial Wharf, Boston, Massachu…
Reading the best constitutional scholars
"It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make one wise, but the well-reading of a few, could they be sure to be the best." - Richard Baxter "Few are sufficiently sensible of the…
"बिपी कोइराला र प्रजातन्त्रको दिशाबोध"
(बि.पि. चिन्तन प्रतिष्ठान केन्द्रीय समितिद्वारा चैत ८–२०, २०६९ मा आयोजित कार्यशाला गोष्ठीको चैत २० गतेको सत्रमा डा. विपिन अधिकारीद्वारा प्रस्तुत विश्लेषण) प्रजातन्त्रको दिशाबोधको विषयलाई लिएर आयो…
Discussion on the Role of a Government Attorney in Public Prosecutions, Nepal Constitution Foundation (May 2, 2013)
I do not have many comments here. I think it was a pretty good discussion programme. There is one issue which I want to pinpoint before I close the discussion. Prosecutors are rarely disciplined …