Kathmandu, Feb. 28 -- The Supreme Court has issued a directive order to the government to review and replace the 1947 tripartite agreement with a bilateral deal with the United Kingdom to safeguard Gurkha soldiers' rights and benefits.

Releasing the full text on a writ petition filed by Bhim Bahadur Limbu Tawa, convener of the British Gurkha Satyagraha Struggle Committee, and Lal Bahadur Ghising, the chief advisor of the committee, a joint bench of Hari Prasad Phuyal and Mahesh Sharma Poudel on Thursday stated that given the current circumstances, Nepal government should review the tripartite agreement and work towards a bilateral agreement with the UK, and recommended that a study should be conducted on the relevance of the agreement. ...