KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Supreme Court (SC) has decided to extend the statute of limitation, time limits, and appearance dates in ongoing cases. With this decision, the statute of limitation, time limits, and appearance dates for pending cases will be extended until January 14.
A larger full bench comprising Chief Justice Prakashman Singh Raut, Senior Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Justices Kumar Regmi, Hari Prasad Phuyal, Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, Dr Nahakul Subedi, Til Prasad Shrestha, Binod Sharma, Saranga Subedi, Abdul Aziz Musalman, Mahesh Sharma Paudel, Tek Prasad Dhungana, Sunil Kumar Pokhrel, Bal Krishna Dhakal, Nrip Dhowj Niraula, Nityananda Pandey, Meghraj Pokhrel, Shreekanta Paudel, and Shanti Singh Thapa took the decision on Sunday.
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The larger full bench decided to extend the timeline by 60 days—until January 14—after reviewing a report prepared by SC officials, including Balaji Prasad Pandey and others, which had proposed a 30-day extension of the statute of limitation, time limits, and appearance dates, SC spokesperson Arjun Prasad Koirala confirmed.
The text of the SC’s order will be released on Monday.
As per the verdict, the deadline for collecting documents related to cases destroyed in the arson and vandalism that occurred on September 9 has also been extended by 60 days.
The SC had earlier appealed to stakeholders to assist in collecting documents for those cases.
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