KATHMANDU, July 21: The case against the appointment of KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the CPN-UML, as prime minister of Nepal, has been referred to the Constitutional Bench for further proceedings.

KATHMANDU, July 5: Supreme Court (SC) Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Saranga Subedi have expressed differing opinions regarding the petition demanding the suspension of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.

KATHMANDU, July 2: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order preventing the government from canceling the appointment process of the chairman of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON).

KATHMANDU, July 1: The Supreme Court (SC) has convicted Chakrabandhu Aryal, a former secretary of the Ministry of Defense, of corruption with some reversals.

KATHMANDU, June 28: A nine-member full bench of justices of the Supreme Court (SC) will decide on the contempt of court case against Sidhakura.

KATHMANDU, June 26: The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the writ petition filed by former chief minister (CM) Kedar Karki of Koshi Province, stating that he could not secure a vote of confidence in the province assembly.

KATHMANDU, June 25: The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the petition filed by former Chief Minister (CM) Kedar Karki against the Koshi Provincial Government.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an interim order halting the disciplinary action taken against Phanindra Devkota, a provincial lawmaker of Gandaki Province who was suspended for defying ‘party whip’.

KATHMANDU, June 23: The Supreme Court (SC) is set to hear a writ petition challenging the formation of the Koshi Province government.

KATHMANDU, June 12: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a show cause order against the Madhesh Province government’s decision to distribute money to its lawmakers.

KATHMANDU, June 10: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the submission of additional documents in the case against Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to conduct a hearing on the writ petition filed against Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane today.

KATHMANDU, May 20: The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear a writ petition filed by Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav today. The petition demands that seven MPs who left the party be barred from parliamentary activities.

KATHMANDU, May 10: The Supreme Court (SC) refused to issue an interim order in the writ petition filed against the appointment of Hikmat Kumar Karki as the chief minister (CM) of Koshi province.

KATHMANDU, May 8: The Special Court has ordered Sunil Paudel, the former managing director of Nepal Telecom, to be imprisoned for nine years and fined Rs 232.7 million in the procurement of the National Payment Gateway System case.

KATHMANDU, May 7: The Nepali Congress (NC) has filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) against the announcement that Chief Minister (CM) Khagaraj Adhikari has received a vote of confidence in Gandaki with the support of 30 MPs.

KATHMANDU, May 6: The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal is facing a growing number of vacancies as justices continue to retire without timely replacements.

KATHMANDU, May 2: The Supreme Court (SC) has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of marital rape from eight years to just two months.

KATHMANDU, April 26: The Supreme Court has upheld the decision to keep former Deputy Prime Minister and UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, along with the then Home Secretary Teknarayan Pandey and seven others, in pre-trial detention in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee case.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The Supreme Court (SC) has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the writ petition that former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and others filed in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees.

KATHMANDU, April 24: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a short-term interim order in the name of the government and Tribhuvan University (TU) not to take any action against Narayan Khanal, the chief legal advisor of TU.

KATHMANDU, April 24: The suspension of  Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung has been lifted by the Supreme Court (SC).

KATHMANDU, April 22: The Supreme Court (SC) is hearing a writ petition lodged against the Gandaki Province government. The case has been assigned to Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Saranga Subedi.

KATHMANDU, April 22: The Supreme Court (SC) is hearing a writ petition filed against the appointment of Sudurpaschim Province Chief Minister (CM) Dirgha Sodari today.

KATHMANDU, April 21: A case has been filed  in the Supreme Court (SC) regarding the formation of the Sudurpaschim Province government. Laxman Kishore Chaudhary, representing the Resham Chaudhary faction of the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP), appeared before the SC  on Sunday to initiate legal proceedings.

KATHMANDU, April 19: The Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to boycott provincial assembly meetings in Gandaki Province until a decision is made by the Supreme Court (SC).

KATHMANDU, April 17: Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Surendra Raj Pandey lodged a supplementary writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday accusing Gandaki Province chief minister (CM) Khagaraj Adhikari of contempt of court.

KATHMANDU, April 15: Judge Bhuwan Giri, accused of marital rape, has been imprisoned following a court order.

DHANGADHI, April 14: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the reinstatement of Sudurpaschim Province lawmaker, Indira Giri.

KATHAMNDU, April 9: Parliamentary Party (PP) leader of the Nepali Congress (NC) Gandaki Province Surendraraj Pandey has lodged a writ petition in the Supreme Court (SC)  on Tuesday demanding the annulment of the appointment of the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Gandaki Province. Pandey is the outgoing Chief Minister of the Gandaki Province.

POKHARA, April 7: The Nepali Congress (NC) is preparing to challenge the appointment of Khagraj Adhikari as the chief minister (CM) of Gandaki Province at the Supreme Court (SC).

KATHMANDU, April 4: Bringing an end to a long-standing controversy within the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), the Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the two committees of the NRNA. After the dispute arose in the election process of the previous session, as both Badri KC and RK Sharma were claiming to be the president of NRNA, two separate committees were formed.

CHITWAN, April 2: Chief Justice (CJ) Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha has said the Supreme Court (SC) is committed to clearing cases older than five years by taking up the act as a mission.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The Supreme Court (SC) has revoked the decision to suspend Nepali Congress lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung.

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Supreme Court (SC) has explained that the land belonging to the Pashupati Mahasnan Pota Guthi land cannot be made Raitani Nambari land. “The SC upheld the decision made by Guthi Sansthan in 2070 BS that the land of Pashupati Mahasnan Pota Guthi should remain in the name of registered persons so that the ownership rights cannot be transferred to others.

KATHMANDU, March 25: The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled in favor of medical entrepreneur Durga Prasain.

KATHMANDU, March 18: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a mandamus in the name of the government to set up a separate juvenile court (children's court) within this fiscal year to hear cases related to children. This is not the first such order issued by the SC.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is set to implement the Air Operation License Criteria (AOCR) with strict provisions to ensure safety of the aviation sector.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a mandamus addressed to the district courts regarding the timely adjudication of cases involving children mentioning legal precedent and statutes.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Supreme Court has ordered the federal parliament secretariat to share information on the application it filed for vacating the ruling on dissolution of Parliamentary Constituency Development Fund.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Supreme Court (SC) has overturned the decision of the previous government led by KP Oli to allow land swapping in the Giri Bandhu Tea Estate case in Jhapa.

KATHMANDU, Feb  5: A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the ordinance issued to provide various facilities to the leaders of the ruling and the opposition parties in Koshi province.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Supreme Court has rejected a plea to issue an order restricting security personnel from using metal bullets and other potentially lethal equipment to control public gatherings and demonstrations.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Aarti Giri, the wife of district judge Bhuwan Giri, who was arrested in connection with a rape case, attempted self-immolation outside the Supreme Court (SC).

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Political pressure has mounted on the Office of the Attorney General to refrain from filing a writ petition against former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand at the Supreme Court (SC). Due to pressure, the Office of the Attorney General has not submitted an application to the SC against the order of the Patan High Court to release Khand on a bail of Rs 3 million.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that public procurement notices must be published in newspapers according to the Public Procurement Act. The decision overturns the provision in the 'Electronic Procurement System Directive-2080 BS' issued by the Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO), which had previously excluded the publication of tender-related information in newspapers when tenders were invited through the electronic procurement system.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The Supreme Court (SC) is set to deliver its long-awaited verdict today on the seven-year-old contempt of court case filed against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed Ichchha Raj Tamang, a former member of the Constituent Assembly and the founder of Civil Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited, to request a report regarding the possibility of contesting his case without being detained.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Judicial Council (JC) has formed a committee to investigate the complaints of the judges. A meeting of the JC held on Sunday formed an inquiry committee regarding three district judges.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A contempt case has been registered in the Supreme Court (SC) against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other ministers for not implementing the judgment of the SC.