Kathmandu, May 13 -- year-old Bishnu Kumari Pandey boards a bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu clutching a bundle of court papers, borrowed money and fading hope.

Her son Surya Bahadur Pandey was killed during Mahashivaratri celebrations in Pokhara 12 years ago. Since then, she has spent years moving between police offices and courts demanding punishment for those accused of his murder. Yet, every trip to the Supreme Court ends the same way.

On Monday, Bishnu Kumari reached the court expecting a hearing in the long-running case. Instead, court officials informed her that the hearing had once again been deferred and rescheduled for June 3.

"I have no money left, but still there is no justice," she lamented, breaking into tears outside the co...