SC fiat on land ceiling

KATHMANDU, May 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Land Reforms to implement the Land Related Law 2001 that says that a Nepali can possess a maximum of 10 bighas of land throughout the country. The court passed the order in view of the fact that the law has remained unimplemented to date though its was enacted eight years ago.



The law says that the government shall acquire the land of a Nepali owning more than 10 bighas and distribute to squatters, free Kamaiyas and the poor.



Justices Kalyan Shrestha and Sushila Karki issued the order, in response to a public interest litigation filed by advocates Bharatmani Gautam and Khagendra Shrestha. The lawyers had moved the court four years ago.

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