The Supreme Court (SC) has witnessed a threefold increase in court cases in the past decade. According to the annual report for the fiscal year 2079/80 BS released on Wednesday, a total of 158,147 cases are currently pending across the country. Last year, all courts and tribunals collectively handled 325,702 cases.

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: On the occasion of Democracy Day, the Supreme Court (SC) has published the judgments dating back 71 years ago by digging into its archives. Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha disclosed the rulings of the SC spanning from 2009 BS to 2014 BS. These historical judgments of seven decades ago were made public on Monday, documented for the first time in modern Nepali language.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Nepal witnessed 9,388 cases related to human rights violation in 2023, which was way higher than the cases in the previous year.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The Commission formed by the government to inquire and resolve usury related cases has resolved 5,155 cases out of over 28,000 complaints so far.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against thirteen individuals in the Special Court on charges of corruption.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against two individuals on charge of evading taxes worth Rs 390 million.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Monday filed cases at the Patan High Court, against two traders accused of using fake VAT bills to evade the government taxes.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Tuesday filed cases at the High Court, Patan, against four individuals accused of smuggling goods.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) filed cases against three traders for allegedly being involved in revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, August 31: The government is considering increasing vigilance on the transactions of land and housing, suspecting the possibility of money laundering in such transactions.

KATHMANDU, August 10: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a charge-sheet at the Special Court on Wednesday, accusing Sub-engineer Rambabu Yadav of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Division No. 2 Okhaldhunga, of submitting fake academic certificates in order to receive benefits and privileges of a government position.

KATHMANDU, August 10: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has revealed that most of the people succumbing to COVID-19 infection in recent days are found to be unvaccinated.

KATHMANDU, August 9: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed five cases against 13 individuals accused of being involved in corruption by producing fake documents.

KATHMANDU, August 9: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Monday filed cases against four individuals accused of misappropriating foreign exchange.

KATHMANDU, August 3: Nepal recorded 915 new cases of COVID-19 along with 301 recoveries and zero death from the virus on Wednesday, according to the latest information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

NEW DELHI: India reported the fourth monkeypox case and the first case in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed cases at the Special Court against 17 individuals, accusing them of making fake driving licenses.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) in the past eight months filed 115 cases against 281 individuals accused of misappropriating government revenues worth more than Rs 21 billion.

KATHMANDU, May 9: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Thursday filed cases against three individuals accused of evading value added tax (VAT) and income tax worth Rs 85.37 million.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against operators of three companies for evading revenue amounting to over Rs 180 million by creating fake bills.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) registered 95 complaints against individuals involved in money laundering in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Thursday filed a case against 13 officials of Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality, Ramechhap, on charge of misappropriating state funds worth Rs 42.10 million.

KATHMANDU, March 8: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases against four individuals on the charge of revenue leakage amounting Rs 44.63 million.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against 12 individuals on the charge of revenue leakage and has sought to recover Rs 3.36 billion from them.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against four individuals on charge of revenue leakage, seeking to recover Rs 365.56 million.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Monday filed cases against five traders accused of revenue leakage by using counterfeit invoices of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases against two individuals on charge of evading tax, seeking to recover Rs 447.38 million from the accused.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Cases will be assigned to justices at the Supreme Court through an automation system from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Wednesday filed cases at the High Court, Patan, against the proprietors of 17 firms accused of being involved in revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, August 4: COVID-19 hospitals around the country are once again overwhelmed with an increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

KATHMANDU, June 7: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against 10 individuals on charges of evading tax worth Rs 175 million.

NEW DELHI, April 6: India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians stage massive election rallies raising fears of further spreading the virus.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The number of males infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal is almost double than that of females.

SEOUL, Dec 30: South Korean authorities scrambled to contain a cluster of coronavirus infections in a Seoul prison as inmates waved signs through barred windows pleading for help, while the U.S. military got South Korea’s nod to vaccinate South Korean troops.

NEW DELHI, Dec 19: India’s coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year.

MEXICO CITY, Aug 2: Mexico racked up a record number of new confirmed coronavirus infections on Saturday, registering more than 9,000 daily cases for the first time and passing the previous peak for the second day running, official data showed.

New York, July 12: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 3,173,212 cases of coronavirus as of Friday, an increase of 66,281 from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 811 to 133,666.

MUMBAI/GUWAHATI, India, July 2: India’s coronavirus infections surpassed 600,000 on Thursday, with 17,834 deaths, as authorities battled to contain the pandemic while easing lockdown rules, officials and the health ministry said.

NEW DELHI, June 27: India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi.

NEW DELHI, April 23: South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the task of governments looking to scale back lockdowns that have destroyed the livelihoods of millions.

Kathmandu, Aug 13: The theft cases have increased in the country lately. Police Headquarters shared the information that police filed theft cases against a total of 2,646 persons in the last fiscal year.

Tip cases settled by courts in Nepal

SURKHET, March 31: District Police Office here has registered 64 cases related to drug trafficking and drug abuse combined in the recent eight months. The District Police arrested 109 persons- 14 women and 95 men- in this connection and initiated investigation for the action.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: While Nepal Police claims that kidnapping cases have declined over the last few years due to increased police vigilance, data maintained by Nepal Police itself show that kidnapping cases increased by 29 percent in last fiscal year compared to the year earlier.

CARACAS, July 31: The Indian government decided to frame a scheme to set up an "appropriate" number of fast-track courts to try rape cases across the country's states. India is planning to implement over 1,000 'fast-track special courts' for swift justice in cases related to the rape of children and women, according to the law ministry's statement.

ITAHARI, July 24: The community snakebite treatment centre operated from the premises of the Nepal Army's east region headquarters, Itahari treated 1,407 cases last year.

TULSIPUR, July 22: The High Court Tulsipur in Dang last fiscal year settled 602 cases. As stated by court registrar Shreelal Poudel, in the period, the court registered 413 new cases and the number of cases in pending case (previous years) were 373. Of the total 786 cases, the court gave its final hearings on 602 cases.

TULSIPUR, July 18: The Dang District Court, Deukhuri last fiscal year registered 640 cases related to divorce and the figure is the highest among the cases filed at the court in the period.

SURKHET, July 14: A 15-year-old girl from Barahatal Rural Municipality of Surkhet was gang raped on June 16 while she was in Chhaugoth (menstruation hut). Three young boys raped her at around half past ten. Her family members came to know about it only in the morning. The girl who was found unconscious at the shed is still receiving treatment at a local hospital of Kalagaun. The accused Janak Sharma, Chetan Giri and Padam Giri are in police custody as the case in under investigation.

SALYAN, July 13: Divorce cases have gone up in the district in recent years.