KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The government has decided to recommend to the President to issue the Civil Code of Criminal Procedure (First Amendment) Ordinance-2079 BS.
A cabinet meeting held on Monday took a decision to this effect. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, briefing about the decisions of the Council of Ministers, shared that the ordinance was forwarded to President Bidya Devi Bhandari with an intention to bring the political parties or groups involved in violent activities into the political mainstream.
Minister Karki, who is also the spokesperson of the government, said that the government also brought the ordinance with an objective to allow everyone to work peacefully in the country with internal harmony.
Landmark legal reform bills passed
Similarly, the Council of Ministers decided to add two women members in the public corporation advisory committee to make it more effective and inclusive.
Likewise, Secretary Suresh Acharya, who is currently working at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), has been transferred to the Ministry of Urban Development while Joint-Secretary Ram Adhar Shah would replace Acharya at the OPMCM after his promotion to the post of secretary.
The Council of Ministers also decided to acquire land for the Godak-Soyak 132 KV Transmission Line Project and designate an authority to conduct the preliminary proceedings, Minister Karki said.
An approval has been given to the Ex-Army Servicemen Association to lease the government-owned land, informed Minister Karki. Also, the cabinet has given approval to the concerned parties to use the forest area for the Kaligandaki Corridor (New Butwal/Bardaghat) 220 KV Transmission Line Project.
