March 13, 2024 13:20 pm
KATHMANDU, March 13: The Janamat Party has dispatched a letter to the Parliament Secretariat, officially notifying the prosecution of MP Goma Labh Sapkota.
November 26, 2023 14:30 pm
KAVREPALANCHOWK, Nov 26: A province-level security and crime investigation seminar kicked off at Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchowk today.
September 17, 2023 20:13 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 17: A case has been formally registered against 29 individuals involved in the recent 60 kg gold smuggling scam.
March 30, 2022 12:57 pm
Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim and even if convicted he’d likely face little more than a slap of his own — on the wrist.
February 19, 2020 08:51 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The Supreme Court has rejected a plea by a suspended judge, who challenged his suspension and prosecution over the Lalita Niwas land scam case against him.
August 13, 2019 15:00 pm
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault conviction.
August 22, 2018 12:30 pm
RIYADH, Aug 22: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against five human rights activists from the kingdom’s Eastern Province currently on trial in a secretive terrorism court, groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
June 24, 2018 05:25 am
KATHMANDU, June 24: Conflict victims have opposed the government’s bid to offer ‘symbolic prosecution’ to alleged war criminals saying that the proposal was aimed at granting legal immunity to perpetrators. They urged the government to drop the idea of symbolic prosecution and ensure full assurance of holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes in the decade-long war.
October 26, 2016 09:05 am
Radheshyam Adhikari was among the first lawmakers to raise the issue of impeaching CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki in the parliament. Adhikari, a lawyer by profession, was also instrumental in defining CIAA’s jurisdictions in the new constitution. The Nepali Congress MP spoke to Republica’s Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal on Tuesday about the rationale for the impeachment motion, the CIAA’s role and how the motion will be taken ahead.
July 5, 2016 01:50 am
KATHMANDU, July 5: The Office of Attorney General has unveiled its second five-year strategic plan on Monday with goals of making effective and evidence-based prosecution of government cases and institutional strengthening of attorneys under the office.