Why a separate juvenile court hasn't been constituted yet, asks SC
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. The court explained that even after more than three decades of having a legal system for the establishment of a juvenile court, the government's failure to establish a juvenile court is a lack of responsibility and good governance.
The full text of the judgment passed by the division bench of justices Anil Kumar Sinha and Til Prasad Shrestha on September 24, 2023 was made public on Friday. The SC has also commented on the repeated failure of the government to implement previous o...
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