Speech “Belt and Road” Cooperation and Partnership Model Agreement Conference – (October 13-14, 2023)
Bipin.Adhikari 2023
Fourth Koshi government falls apart within a year
Constitutional experts, however, say there is still room for a coalition government to be formed as per Article 168 (2). “The provincial chief could have called for a coalition government,” senior advocate Bipin Adhikari, a professor at Kathmandu University School…
Amending the TRC Act
An edited version of the oral submission given by Prof Bipin Adhikari to the Sub-Committee on TRC (Third Amendment) Bill at the Parliamentary Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights on July 24, 2023. The Government of Nepal has tabled…
‘यो सरकारले नियमित सरकारको हैसियतमा काम गर्न मिल्दैन’
प्रमुख सत्ता साझेदार दलले समर्थन फिर्ता लिइसकेकाले प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहाल नेतृत्वको सरकारले विश्वासको मतप्राप्त सरकारको हैसियतमा काम गर्न नसक्ने विज्ञहरू बताउँछन्। नेपाली कांग्रेसका सभापति शेरबहादुर देउवाले साढे दुई वर्षपछि मात्रै प्रधानमन्त्री बनाउँछु भनेपछि नेकपा (माओवादी केन्द्र)का अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल पुस…
Nepal’s Supreme Court Orders Against Prime Minister Prachanda Over Responsibility for Insurgency Deaths
On March 4, 2022, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the Office of the Registrar to register a writ petition against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) for taking responsibility for 5,000 deaths during the decade-long insurgency. The decision was made in…
A Prime Minister Must Have A Majority In The House Of Representatives At All Times In Order To Continue In His Office: Professor Bipin Adhikari
The coalition government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal appears to be breaking apart in Nepal. On February 25th, a joint meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party central executive committee and lawmakers decided to quit the coalition government and…
जलविद्युत् उत्पादित वस्तु हो या प्राकृतिक स्रोत ?
नेपालको संविधान–२०७२ ले सन्धि वा सम्झौता गर्ने नेपाल सरकारको अधिकारको प्रयोगका सम्बन्धमा धारा २७९ मा केही स्पष्ट प्रावधान उल्लेख गरेको छ । यी प्रावधानहरूको स्पष्टतालाई कायम राख्नु वा हुन सक्ने अपव्याख्याबाट जोगाउनु धेरै जरुरी भइसकेको देखिन्छ । एउटा प्रश्न बारम्बार उठ्दै छ—…
कस्तो हुनुपर्छ अबको राष्ट्रपति?
राष्ट्रपतिलाई ‘सेरेमोनियल’ भनेर मानमर्दन गर्न हुँदैन। राष्ट्रपतिको क्षमता संवैधानिक हो। उसलाई शक्तिहीन ठान्नु गलत बुझाइ हो। नेपालमा राष्ट्रपति पदको प्रयोग भएको धेरै भएको छैन। हामीले दुई वटा राष्ट्रपति मात्रै अनुभव गर्यौं। यद्यपि, वर्तमान संविधानले राष्ट्रपतिलाई जुन स्थानमा राखेको छ, त्यही…
CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES IN NEPAL: THEIR ROLE AND EXERCISE (Kathmandu: Niti Foundation, 2022)
This is the first book in Nepal that provides a critical analysis of the constitutional bodies created by the Constitution of Nepal in 2015. The book is published by Niti Foundation, a non-governmental organization dedicated to the cause of public…
Proportional representation parliamentary seats, meant for the marginalised, are being captured by the powerful in Nepal
While the country was celebrating Constitution Day earlier this week, political parties submitted their closed list of the proportional representation candidates for the November elections of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies to the Election Commission Nepal. The goal…