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UN
rapporteurs concerned over proposed citizenship law :
Some provisions seem discriminatory against women, and
sexual minorities, they say, by Anil Giri (kp
26/09/2020)
Acid
attackers to face jail term of upto 20 years and fine
of Rs 1 million (rep 25/09/2020)
How
a pandemic law would have helped fight the virus and
strengthened federalism : Nepal has resorted to the
six-decade-old Infectious Disease Act, which does not
talk about people’s rights, but empower
bureaucrats to punish citizens, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 07/09/2020)
New
cyber security law requires firms to use
information sharing platform : The purpose of the
platform is to establish a cyber security community to
detect and prevent cyber attacks, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/09/2020)
Copyright
Act Amendment: What’s new and important?, by
Priyanjana Bhattarai (ht 22/08/2020)
Lawmakers
point out flaws in Prison Bill-2020: Say it fails to
incorporate provision on counselling, deploying female
cops inside prisons (ht 30/07/2020)
Rukum
(West) murder of six youths was result of caste-based
discrimination, parliamentary probe says: Study finds
sheer lapses on the part of the local administration,
local government and police in handling the incident,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/07/2020)
Proposed
electronic commerce law sent to Industry Ministry for
review: The budget for the next fiscal year has also
accorded priority to online transactions, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 01/07/2020)
Controversial
provisions in corruption-related bills to be revised
but private sector to remain under the purview of
anti-graft body: Opposition leaders and the private
sector continue to object to the bills, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 30/06/2020)
Amendment
bill to allow CIAA to investigate private sector lands
in Upper House despite criticism: The opposition and
analysts believe that the amendment is politically
motivated and could be used to conduct witch-hunts
against private individuals and institutions, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2020)
House
panel endorses bill to amend Citizenship Act amid
objections from three parties: Opposing parties and
rights activists call seven-year rule for foreign
women married to Nepali men to get naturalised
citizenship a regressive move, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 22/06/2020) [Long
live male Bahunbad with its misogynistic patriarchal
thinking! Laws must apply equally to all people,
regardless of gender!]
House
panel endorses bill allowing intelligence agency to
listen in on conversations: The bill passed with the
support of the opposition Nepali Congress, despite
legal experts sounding the alarm over its potential
for misuse and privacy violations, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 20/03/2020)
Statistics
bill proposes establishment of national data system
(ht 14/03/2020)
Monitoring
and Evaluation Bill tabled at NA (ht 13/03/2020)
Bill
seeking legalisation of cultivation and consumption of
medical marijuana registered in Parliament: The bill,
registered privately by a ruling party lawmaker, seeks
to reverse a 50-year
proscription on the cultivation, consumption and sale
of marijuana, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/03/2020)
Civil
code deems a man and woman married if a child is born,
but opinions are divided: While some rights activists
believe that the provision will help ensure
citizenship for the child, others see it as a
patriarchal imposition, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
27/02/2020)
Army
(First Amendment) Bill presented in HoR (rep
19/02/2020)
Measures
and weights law likely to be amended: The amendment
will bring uniformity according to international
standards, by Krishana Prasain (kp 16/02/2020)
CIAA
stresses need to revise public procurement laws
(rep 16/02/2020)
Eighth
amendment to Land Act imposes new land ceiling (ht
15/02/2020)
New
act stipulates jurisdiction of federal, provincial
police (ht 13/02/2020)
NA
committee endorses Media Council Bill (ht
28/01/2020), House
panel removes Rs 1m fine for journalists, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 28/01/2020)
Bill
of surveillance: Special Service Bill provides
unrestricted right to the government to collect
information via supervision and interception of
communication of any person or organization. This is
dangerous, by Roshani Giri and Harihar Khadka (rep
25/01/2020)
Local
and provincial governments have been allowed to draft
laws fixing jail terms and fine in civil offences:
Authorities must ensure that such laws do not
contradict federal laws and they should not be
misused, experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/01/2020)
Govt
drafting Intellectual Property Rights Bill (rep
18/12/2019)
Kathmandu’s
Newars watch cautiously after government hints at
reviving the Guthi Bill: Although officials said the
new land bill will include suggestions from indigenous
communities, local leaders say no one has reached out
to them yet, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/12/2019)
Stakeholders
prepare for consultations on TJ bill (rep
20/11/2019)
Province
2 takes centre to court over Forest Act (ht
19/11/2019), Controversial
law: As the Federal Parliament has already passed the
Forest Act, the constitutional bench in the apex court
should look into its veracity (ht 20/11/2019)
Amended
Advertisement Act comes into force (ht 16/11/2019)
Draft
of Electricity Act gathering dust for over a month,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/11/2019)
Bill
seeks to transfer mgm't of prisons to provinces,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 09/11/2019)
Don't
bet on it: In Nepal, the laws related to gambling are
primitive and do not take into account nuances, by
Akshya Aryal (kp 06/11/2019)
New
bill clearly lays out functions, duties of NSC (ht
03/11/2019)
Workers
of all hues need to unite: Organising workers in trade
unions is key to implementing the new labour-related
laws, by Himalaya Kharel (kp 01/11/2019)
Police
adjustment hits snag as bills remain stalled in
absence of speaker, by Ashok Dahal (rep
22/10/2019)
President
authenticates Environment Protection Bill-2019 (ht
13/10/2019)
Law
to ensure safe, decent public transportation (ht
18/09/2019)
HoR
endorses bill on management of police force (ht
13/09/2019)
Government
drafts environment bill (ht 04/09/2019)
Land
Use Act 2019: An Overview, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
29/08/2019)
Bill
related to national ID card endorsed (ht
28/08/2019)
Amendment
proposals on bills related to police force registered,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 26/08/2019)
Progressive
act: Classifying land into different groups should
help concentrate the required infrastructure in them
(ht 26/08/2019)
‘Delegated
laws not based on main laws’, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 25/08/2019)
Nepal
Parliament: Transport management bill envisages
sweeping reforms (ht 25/08/2019)
Land
use act: Up to Rs 3 lakh fine for misusing land,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 24/08/2019)
Petition
filed against laws of six provinces (ht
20/08/2019)
New
forest bill addresses community forest user groups’
concerns: House panel; Sub-divisional forest offices
to be established in all the local levels, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/08/2019)
New
bill amending Land Act will distribute land to
squatters for the ‘last time’: The government has,
through numerous commissions, handed over thousands of
bighas of land to 150,000 families since 1990, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/08/2019)
NHRC
for rights friendly environment protection bill
(ht 01/08/2019)
CIAA
and Prevention of Corruption Act: New drafts propose
amendments; This will enhance CIAA’s scope for action
(ht 21/07/2019)
‘Juvenile
justice laws need to change’, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 14/07/2019)
Doctors
take exception to new law that allows late-term
abortions in special cases: A new provision allows
abortions in cases of rape,incest or danger to health
at up to 28 weeks, by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/07/2019)
In
yet another protectionist move, Oli administration
prepares to limit foreign film screenings: A new law
will mandate showing Nepali films exclusively for half
a year, and limiting foreign
movies—predominantly Bollywood—to 185 days, by
Timothy Aryal and Anil Giri (kp 03/07/2019)
Forest
Bill is faulty and it raises questions over ownership:
Experts; The bill is a reflection of how the country’s
bureaucracy still functions from the centralised
mindset, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/07/2019)
New
bill to regulate import of plants, its products: Those
who import infected plants will be slapped with a fine
of up to Rs 1 lakh (ht 30/06/2019)
Amendment
bill to regulate engineering profession (ht
28/06/2019)
What’s
wrong with Passport Bill? Problem with the Passport
Bill is not with power of the executive to deny or
cancel passport but with absence of clear grounds on
which the executive can write for denial and
cancellation, by Roshani Giri (rep 27/06/2019)
Replacement
of five-decade-old food act facing delays (ht
27/06/2019)
Three
new laws suggested to run civil aviation authority,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/06/2019)
New
juvenile justice rules issued (ht
09/06/2019)
Heritage
experts, academics voice concern over proposed bill on
Guthi: Brought up secretly in Upper House, the
controversial bill has provisions that will destroy
century-old Guthi tradition, they warn, by Anup
Ojha ( kp 03/06/2019), Protests
against Guthi Bill to continue in Kathmandu valley:
Activities of guthis a vestige of feudalism: Minister
Baskota (ht 14/06/2019), Everything
you need to know about the Guthi Bill: The bill, which
proposes controlling all public and private
trusts, has outraged the Valley’s indigenous
community, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 15/06/2019), Ills
of the Guthi Bill: The biggest blunder is
disqualifying indigenous people from their rightful
ownership of community structures, by Sanyukta
Shrestha (kp 16/06/2019)
Amended
public procurement regulation may lead to summary
termination of contracts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/05/2019), Contractors
charged with graft to be barred from fresh bidding
(kp 21/05/2019)
Polygraph
test inadmissible as evidence, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 19/05/2019)
New
rules to commute jail sentence of prisoners (ht
08/05/2019)
Govt
renews ban on essential services strike (ht
04/05/2019)
Prioritise
intellectual property rights: Copyright laws need to
be updated to keep up with technological advancements,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 26/04/2019)
Govt
drafting 29 bill proposals (ht 24/04/2019)
Local
governments: In need of town planning act, by
Umesh B Malla (ht 01/04/2019)
Clarity
over
hasty changes: The amended Foreign Investment and
Technology Transfer Act is a necessity but it must be
free from ambiguities, by Zubin Niroula Khatri (kp
29/03/2019)
Foreign
Investment and Technology Transfer Bill 2019:
Restriction on contract manufacturing draws flak,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/03/2019)
Government
authorities fail to protect consumer rights, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 17/03/2019)
Call
to
amend Nepal Health Professional Council Act to make it
effective: Ministry spokesperson says the council is
in a bad shape and amendments to the Act are a must to
improve it, by Nayak Paudel (kp 27/02/2019)
Contradictory
bills tabled before investment summit, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 27/02/2019)
Proposed
law gives new powers to Investment Board Nepal, by
Bibek Subedi (ht 26/02/2019)
Mandatory
provision to ensure quality of Environment Impact
Assessment reports on the cards, by Sanjeeb Phuyal
(kp 26/02/2019)
With
a new IT bill, state draws battle lines against free
speech: In attempting to regulate social media
platforms, Oli administration violates the freedom of
speech and opinion guaranteed under the constitution,
experts say, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 16/02/2019), Information
technology bill: 1.5 million rupees fine, five years
jail sentence or both proposed (ht 17/02/2019)
Govt
moots joint land ownership in couples’ names, by
Rewati Sapkota (kp 09/02/2019)
Bill
on civil servants’ transfer against federalism, say
lawmakers (ht 09/02/2019)
Ex-envoy
Maskey flays bill on nuclear use (ht 05/02/2019),
Why
this
Nuclear Bill? Nepal appears to be poised for a
heedless jump into the thick of nuclear research
reactors and nuclear fuel cycle facilities. This
course should be avoided, by Mahesh K Maskey (rep
05/02/2019)
Bill
on endangered flora, fauna passed (kp 17/01/2019)
Bill
obliges children to deposit certain percentage of
salary in parents’ account, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
13/01/2019)
Govt
proposes to curtail PSC’s autonomy: Public Service
Commission office bearers seek amendment to bill,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 12/01/2019)
New
bill proposes banning adverts on utility poles
(rep 12/01/2019)
Bill
requires children to allocate portion of income to
elderly parents, by Ashok Dahal (rep 11/01/2019)
Bill
to scrap controversial Tax Settlement Act, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/12/2018)
Medical
education bill: Panel yet to agree on key points,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/12/2018)
Govt
registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
(rep 24/12/2018)
Food
department prepares to replace 5-decade-old Food Act:
Draft of Food Safety and Standards Act 2018 being
submitted this week, by Arpane Ale Magar (rep
24/12/2018)
Bill
on safe, peaceful use of nuclear materials registered
(ht 24/12/2018)
New
law helping men file divorce cases, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 15/12/2018)
Enactment
of Laws on Competition, by Aakriti Khanal (kp
12/12/2018)
Ministry
finds 174 laws clashing with statute, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/12/2018) [Almost
39 months after the constitution came into force?!]
Amendment
to Financial Procedure Act: Government proposes
termination of errant contractors through new law,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/11/2018)
Govt
moves
to tighten the screws on liquor market through new law:
“The proposed blanket ban without any study does not
serve govt’s purpose” (rep 25/11/2018)
Ministry
mulls new investment modality law, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 25/11/2018)
Copyrighting
seeds: Plant variety protection laws are one of the
important concerns for agrarian Nepal, by Saurav
Ghimire (kp 23/11/2018)
New
alcohol control law in the offing, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 22/11/2018)
Preparations
on to amend local level Act 2074 (kp 17/11/2018)
New
law guarantees right of crime victims to justice
(ht 17/11/2018)
‘New
Consumer Protection Act meek and full of flaws’,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/11/2018)
Revision
of Acts contradicts statutes: Law Ministry informs all
ministries to review Acts, submit by Wednesday, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2018)
New
civil codes adds to rising divorce cases, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya and DB Budha (rep 24/10/2018)
No
law on altruistic surrogacy despite Supreme Court
directive, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/10/2018)
Process
to update laws delayed: Government has five months to
amend Acts in line with new statute, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/10/2018), 315
laws need to be amended by March 4 (rep
15/10/2018)
Muluki
codes being amended to address docs’ concerns (kp
25/09/2018), Criminal
Code and Public Health Act: Consumer activists reject
new laws (kp 27/09/2018), Dr
KC lashes at Minister Pokharel for ‘blocking’ bill,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 29/09/2018)
Tea
industrialists seek amendment to Labor Act, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 25/09/2018)
Harmful
chemicals law not enacted despite SC order, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 23/09/2018)
Civil,
penal codes will be revised, says minister (ht
23/09/2018)
New
Transportation Act compels drivers to switch
profession, by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep
19/09/2018)
Law
ministry to review more than 100 laws (ht
18/09/2018)
Anti-money
laundering laws to be included in Co-op Act (kp
17/09/2018)
House
endorses revised ‘press-friendly’ Privacy Bill (kp
16/09/2018)
Consumer
Protection Bill: Parliament to endorse bill by
September 18 (kp 14/09/2018)
Right
to
privacy: Bill to permit disclosure of public
officials’ property; Secretary at the committee says
the body has agreed unanimously to ask civil servants
and officials to disclose their records to the public
(hkp 12/09/2018), Revised
privacy bill limits privacy of public office bearers:
Task force formed to revise laws curtailing press
freedom (rep 12/09/2018)
Amendment
to right to privacy bill sought, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 09/09/2018)
Doctors’
Professional Ethics, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
05/09/2018)
Bill
seeks to protect consumers’ rights (ht 05/09/2018)
Muluki
Codes drafting influenced by donors, INGOs: Experts,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 02/09/2018) [??]
Hospital
services to be disrupted: Doctors to halt services
except for emergency today (kp 02/09/2018)
Amend
‘repressive’ provisions of Muluki codes: Deuba
(rep 27/08/2018)
New
civil code gives women reason to rejoice: Women to get
equal share of parental and husband’s property, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 26/08/2018)
Bill
bars divorce on grounds of reproductive health (ht
26/08/2018)
Bill
to amend and integrate Insurance Act: Policyholders
fourth in payment priority order in case insurers go
bust (rep 23/08/2018)
Writ
at top court against new Civil, Criminal Codes (kp
21/08/2018), Muluki
codes provisions challenged at SC (rep 21/08/2018)
New
laws require six regulations to implement fully
(kp 19/08/2018)
New
criminal, civil codes come into effect: Former CJ
Regmi says new civil code simplifies language of the
General Code (ht 17/08/2018), Civil
and Criminal Codes: ‘Faulty provisions will be
changed’ (kp 18/08/2018) [Statement
by PM Oli on the day when the 'faulty provisions' came
into effect!], Criminal
Code to affect emergency patients most: NMA vice-prez
(rep 18/08/2018)
New
bill guarantees citizens’ right to housing (ht
16/08/2018)
Know
your
new laws: Muluki Civil Code and Muluki Criminal Code
are going to guide and punish our behaviors and
conducts from August 17. What is there in these two
codes?, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 15/08/2018), Harsher
punishment set for sexual harassment (ht
15/08/2018), The
Modified Criminal And Civil Codes, by Utam
Maharjan (rn 16/08/2018), New
laws come into effect tomorrow, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 16/08/2018), Practising
untouchability during menstruation, postpartum periods
criminal offense: Offenders can be jailed for up to
three months (Setopati 16/08/2018)
Docs
threaten to stop work from Aug 17 to protest new code
(rep 14/08/2018), New
code means docs won’t treat patients without fear:
Ex-justice KC (rep 15/08/2018)
New
laws with major changes to come into effect from Aug
17, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 09/08/2018)
Good
news for NRNs, kids of citizens by birth: Govt to
amend citizenship act (ht 09/08/2018)
Govt
preparing to amend civil, criminal codes (ht
03/08/2018)
FinMin,
IBN preparing conflicting laws, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 27/07/2018)
7
ministries finalise drafts on fundamental rights: The
documents will likely be tabled at the Cabinet for
approval today (kp 24/07/2018)
Enforcement
of Civil and Criminal Codes from August doubtful,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 20/07/2018)
Let
the buyer beware: The many consumer protection laws
are of no use if they are not enforced properly,
by Rajina Dahal and Suresh Khatiwada (kp 16/07/2018)
Draft
of bill proposes three years jail sentence for
violation of right to privacy, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 15/07/2018)
Laws
related to polygamy contradictory (ht 01/07/2018)
House
approves Appropriation Bill (kp 30/06/2018)
Mirror
to our soul: The Nepali state must go beyond just
consulting with elites on the draft CIEDP and TRCA
bill, by Seira Tamang (kp 28/06/2018)
All
new laws to be endorsed by September (ht
27/06/2018)
Contradictory
provisions in laws related to annulment of marriage,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
24/06/2018)
Four
ordinances could lapse due to govt delay (rep
22/06/2018)
Probe
with malicious intent criminalised, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 17/06/2018)
Montreal
convention: Bill on higher air crash payout sent to
Cabinet (kp 12/06/2018)
Nepal
Media Policy And Law Update, by Taranath Dahal (rn
27/05/2018)
Know
thy
laws: What’s in laws and bills proposed by the
government? Do they help in safeguarding right to
freedom of expression or do they seek to curtail those
rights?, by Taranath Dahal (rep 23/05/2018)
Authorities
gear up to implement new criminal, civil codes, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/05/2018)
(Un)registered
trademark: Lack of streamlined laws on intellectual
property rights has hindered foreign investor
attraction, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp 17/04/2018)
Govt
to renew focus on consumer protection laws (kp
16/04/2018)
Law
to control rampant under-invoicing missing, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 11/04/2018)
Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management act-2017: Make bylaws
for Act’s effective implementation, say experts
(kp 26/03/2018)
Law
to get justices to show assets on cards: Law Ministry
calls for drafts of necessary bills within 15 days,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/03/2018)
Process
begins
to amend transitional justice Act: Attorney General
Kharel is taking a lead in preparing the draft
amendments in consultation with the Law Ministry
(kp 20/03/2018)
Weak
intellectual property ecosystem allows counterfeiters
to make hay (kp 20/03/2018)
Cultural
laws, policies to be amended in spirit of federalism
(rep 07/03/2018)
Labour
Act-2017 hailed for ensuring workers’ wellbeing
(kp 02/01/2018)
New
law criminalises acid attacks (ht 28/10/2017)
‘Newly
passed bills as important as statute’ (ht
25/10/2017), The
right bills: Cabinet has rightly sent two crucial
bills of huge public importance for Presidential
approval (kp 26/10/2017)
Law
aims
to protect wild flora, fauna: Anyone found guilty of
wildlife crime will be liable to 15 years in jail or a
fine of up to Rs 500,000, or both (ht 18/10/2017)
Civil
Code Bill lays grounds for divorce (ht 15/10/2017)
Proposed
co-op
law given more teeth by govt: The bill was passed by
Parliament two weeks ago, and is in the process of
being signed into law by the President (kp
06/10/2017)
Civil
code bill: Provision makes employers liable for
wrongful acts of workers, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
03/10/2017)
Parliament
passes Edu Act (Ninth Amendment) Bill: Some lawmakers
say move will further ruin public education sector,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/09/2017)
House
endorses Local Level Governance Act: Legislation opens
door to full-fledged functioning (kp 20/09/2017)
Government
issues Financial Procedure Law for local levels
(ht 14/09/2017)
Enabling
Act:
The definition of person living with disabilities has
now been overhauled, overcoming, once for all, the
paternalistic welfare approach to disability, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 14/09/2017)
Bill
on
National Assembly members registered: The bill has
proposed the first-past-the-post Bloc Voting
Electoral System - similar to the one adopted
for the local level elections - to elect members
of the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/09/2017)
Parliamentary
panel
endorses local govt bill: Civic bodies to have power
to register land and issue ownership certificates, as
per its provisions, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
11/09/2017)
Fate
of three dozen bills uncertain, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 10/09/2017)
Local
Level Governance Bill to be tabled in full House on
Sunday (ht 08/09/2017)
Big
III want will system dropped from Civil Code Bill,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 07/09/2017)
Disaster
bill set to replace Natural Calamity Act-1982 (kp
06/09/2017)
Punishment
of accused who turns approver to be halved, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 06/09/2017)
Labour
Act includes ‘no work, no pay’ principle (kp
18/08/2017)
Parliament
passes NERC Bill (ht 12/08/2017)
Parliament
passes criminal offences bill: Punishment for
offenders from higher social strata will be more
severe (ht 11/08/2017),
Jail
term till death for attempted murder, killing of
president (ht 11/08/2017) [???]
House
to pass bills on criminal code today (ht
09/08/2017), New
law criminalises Chhaupadi custom (kp 10/08/2017),
House
passes bills on criminal code: The new law provisions
imprisonment until death for convicts of six ‘heinous’
crimes (ht 10/08/2017), Landmark
legal reform bills passed, by Ashok Dahal (rep
10/08/2017)
Commodities
Exchange Market Act endorsed by parliament (rep
01/08/2017)
Fifty-three
bills
need House consideration: It is the government’s duty
to give business to the Parliament, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 27/07/2017)
House
panel
tells govt to repeal TSC Act, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
18/07/2017)
New
law
comes into force to check toxic toys: A study on 100
samples collected from different parts of Kathmandu
Valley showed 54 percent of the items contained
far higher levels of toxic heavy metals (kp
18/07/2017)
Civil,
penal
code bills pending in Parliament, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 18/07/2017)
50
amendments
to Civil Servants Bill (kp 16/07/2017)
Employees
Adjustment
Bill presented (ht 10/07/2017)
Municipal
executive
regulation issued (ht 03/07/2017)
Ministry
suggests
draft laws for local fed units: Local councils can
pass them with necessary changes (kp 28/06/2017)
Caste-based
discrimination,
untouchability punishable (ht 25/06/2017)
Govt
set
to amend laws to ensure right to education, health
(ht 22/06/2017)
Plug
the
loophole: Govt should remove controversial provision
from the Tax Settlement Commission Act (kp
20/06/2017)
Govt
working on 14 various local governance acts, by
Gyan P. Neupane (rep 20/06/2017)
Regulation
to
facilitate making of laws at local levels endorsed
(ht 11/06/2017)
Cabinet
okays
Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (ht
05/06/2017), Inviting
FDI:
The bill, approved by the cabinet, has pledged to
treat the FDI and domestic investors equally when it
comes to dealing with subsidy and tax exemptions
(ht 06/06/2017)
Law
placing prez, veep above litigation proposed, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 31/05/2017) [Revival
of royal thinking! Long live the royal republic of
Nepal!]
Draft
foreign
investment bill: Govt removes provision on facilitating
int’l investors (kp 11/05/2017)
Telcos
with
Rs50m capital must go public, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
06/05/2017)
Law
on
political financing: You pay your money; Many
anomalies in our political parties can be explained by
lack of transparency and accountability in their
sourcing and use of funds, by Narayan Manandhar
(rep 04/05/2017)
Government
issues
Systematic Settlement Commission Order 2017 (ht
17/04/2017)
Push
to
undo hash ban in Nepal: While the recreational use of
marijuana is controversial, the case for legalising
its medical use is strong, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
14/04/2017)
Verdict
implementation:
Provisions in penal code bill to curb delays, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 13/04/2017)
Federal
election
bill: federal election bill; Madhesis to get
reservation for 20.9 percent seats, down from 31.9
percent in the Constituent Assembly elections when
Madhesis, Tharus and Muslims were under a single
category, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/03/2017)
SAC
endorses
Social Practices Reform Bill (kp 27/03/2017)
Criteria
for
national parties: 3 percent vote share, 1 FPTP seat a
must, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/03/2017)
Law
on
national pride projects sought (kp 16/02/2017)
House
approves amendment to Company Act (kp 15/03/2017),
House
okays
Company Act Amendment Bill (ht 16/03/2017)
Weak
IPR
laws bane for foreign investment (ht 14/03/2017)
Bill
moots
alternative punishment to prison (ht 12/03/2017)
Consumer
protection
act: Govt aims to force traders to buy back or replace
faulty goods (kp 11/03/2017), Know
your
rights: Consumers can claim compensation for damages
caused by bad products or services, by Kahar Singh
Khadka (kp 15/03/2017), Are
we
getting what we deserve?, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
15/03/2017), Lax
market
monitoring laws causing chaos: The new constitution
has enshrined access to quality products as one of the
rights of consumers (kp 16/03/2017)
'Outdated'
laws
hit market monitoring (ht 11/03/2017)
Commodities
exchange
bill reaches parliament, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
08/03/2017)
Cabinet
okays
policies related to minerals and intellectual property
rights (ht 01/03/2017)
Fight
against dirty money: 50 laws need to be amended by
2018, by Kuvera Chalise (rep 28/02/2017)
Gov’s
stringent
policy to regulate alcohol products, by Manish
Gautam (kp 22/02/2017), Govt
bans alcohol at public functions, private parties
(rep 22/02/2017)
House
panel
endorses sentencing bill (ht 20/02/2017), Polygamy
to incur up to five years in jail, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 21/02/2017)
Bill
proposes
grounds for void marriage (ht 18/02/2017)
Calls
intensify
for formulation of Petroleum Act (kp 16/02/2017)
TJ
act
amerndment draft: 20-year jail for guilty of murder,
disappearance, by Dewan Rai (kp 08/02/2017)
Civil
Code
Bill draws flak from rights advocates: Rights
activists say the bill introduced to replace
Muluki Ain has denied even those rights that women had
enjoyed earlier (kp 06/02/2017), A
regressive step: The new Civil Code Bill will roll
back the historic gains in property rights for Nepali
women, by Subin Mulmni (kp 09/02/2017)
Bill
proposes
grounds for divorce (ht 03/02/2017)
Govt
amends
Petroleum Transportation bylaw (ht 31/01/2017)
Parliament
endorses
two poll-related bills (kp 26/01/201)
Stakeholders
urge
swift passage of Cooperative Bill: they have urged
lawmakers not to remove stern provisions in the
bill against those involved in misappropriation of
funds (kp 02/01/2017)
Workshop
held
to seek feedback on Muslim Commission Bill: Speakers
call for revising the bill in order to ensure the
rights of Muslims as per the spirit of the statute
(kp 22/12/2016)
Draft
bill allows govt to scrap NGO registration, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 22/12/2016)
National
Dalit
Commission: Panel starts taking suggestions on bill
(kp 21/12/2016)
Bill
proposes legal validity only to certified deeds,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/12/2016)
Amended
anti-graft
act to include pvt sector: Currently, only state-owned
entities and those having a government share come
under the purview of the anti-corruption watchdog,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/12/2016)
New
bill drafted with ward as unit of service delivery,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 13/12/2016)
Universal
health
coverage: Introducing Social Health Security Act is
laudable but govt should beware pitfalls (kp
08/12/2016)
House
sub-panel
recommends will system (ht 07/12/2016), Divorced
women may not get property share in new Code, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 07/12/2016), Mindset
needs
to change: There are numerous obstacles to inclusive
education for children with disabilities; Disabled
people are often subjected to inhuman treatment and
are largely perceived as requiring charity as opposed
to rights, by Devdatta Joshi (kp 07/12/2016)
Bill
proposes
hike in penalty for poll-related offences (kp
06/12/2016)
Government
fails
to amend TRC Act to facilitate transitional justice
process, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 04/12/2016),
TJ
act
amendment: Old definition of murder retained in
proposed bill; Murder redefined as ‘all kinds of
killing’ from ‘act of killing under control’, by
Dewan Rai (kp 05/12/2016), Make
drafting
of bill transparent: NHRC; Chairman Sharma urges
rights defenders and civil society members
to be critical about the government instead of
transitional justice bodies, by Dewan Rai (kp
07/12/2016)
Divergent
views
over Civil Aviation Bill 2016, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 05/12/2016)
Rights
of
disabled: ‘Draft bill has excluded the concerns of
deaf and mute’ (kp 03/12/2016)
CIAA
refining
draft bill to amend anti-graft Act: Officials say that
they are trying to make the law as possibly compatible
with the UN Convention against Corruption (kp
29/11/2016)
Ministry
to draft federal, provincial laws on local governance
(rep 28/11/2016), Formulation
of
laws for three tiers of govt on cards (ht
28/11/2016)
Draft
of
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Tourism Ministry, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/11/2016), New
civil
aviation bill to allow pvt airports (kp
25/11/2016)
Finance
Committee
approves BAFI Bill with amendments, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/11/2016)
Rights
of
people with disabilities: New bill ignores
reproductive health rights; The bill briefly touches
upon reproductive right but is silent on reproductive
health rights of women living with disabilities
(kp 22/11/2016)
House
panel
endorses BAFI Bill with more teeth (kp 22/11/2016)
Bill
provisions
easy cancellation of company registration: The bill
has also raised ceiling on donation or gift in a sum
that a company can provide in a financial year
(kp 19/11/2016)
Act
amendment
delay stymies TRC: Term expiring in two months, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep 19/11/2016)
Discussion
on
wildlife conservation bill postponed (ht
29/10/2016)
Proposed
Electoral Bills: Some Provisions Questioned, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 27/10/2016), Only three
of nine election-related bills arrive in parliament
(rep 28/10/2016)
Anti-torture
bill
gathers dust in House panel: The bill was registered
in the Parliament Secretariat two years ago after the
arrest of Nepal Army Col Kumar Lama in the United
Kingdom under universal jurisdiction, by Dewan Rai
(kp 26/10/2016)
Parliamentary
panel
urged to re-table BAFI Bill: NRB is adamant that there
should be no major changes to its draft. Lawmakers are
divided over the contentious provisions in the bill
(kp 19/10/2016)
Revised
Companies
Act makes closure easier (kp 17/10/2016)
Disappearances
truth
and reconciliation act: Amendment proposal stirs a
fresh debate; Proposal to restore the constitutional
rights of attorney general to decide whether the
perpetrator is to be prosecuted as directed by the
Supreme Court, by Dewan Rai (kp
17/10/2016)
3
poll bills land in House panel (kp
17/10/2016),
Poll
bill
proposals give EC more teeth: Clause 15 of the bill
states that a political party should hold intra-party
election at least once every five years in line with
the statute of the concerned party (kp
17/10/2016)
NWC
bill
to be tabled in Cabinet in a week: The law will make
Women Commission a constitutional body. It also opens
the door for appointing new members to the commission
that has a lone member at present (kp
17/10/2016)
Law
allowing
organ donation after brain death yet to be implemented
(ht 16/10/2016)
Consumer
protection
laws to be integrated: A taskforce has been formed
under Law Commission Vice-Chairman Bhesh Raj Sharma to
frame a new comprehensive act, the Ministry of
Supplies said (kp 15/10/2016)
Company
Act
Amendment Bill offers respite to defunct firms: Such
companies can exit or revive their business by paying
1 per cent of their paid-up capital, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 15/10/2016)
Govt
tables
three poll-related bills: The country must hold three
levels of elections in the next 16 months, as the
incumbent Parliament’s term will expire on January 21,
2018 (kp 06/10/2016)
Govt
removes
key provisions in poll related bills: Two or more
parties can fight an election under the same election
symbol after forming an alliance, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 04/10/2016)
Private
sector
body hails Industrial Enterprise Act (kp
03/10/2016)
Toil
and
trouble: Labour Act deprives domestic workers of basic
labour rights that all other workers enjoy, at least
at policy level, by Tara Kanel (kp 02/10/2016)
MPs
to
be allowed to pick electoral district for CDP (ht
02/10/2016) [Making corruption
and nepotism even easier in the non-inclusive
party-political system!]
Industrial
Enterprise
Bill clears House (ht 30/09/2016)
Government
told
to re-table three subsidiary bills fast (kp
09/09/2016)
House
passes
SEZ Bill 2014, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 30/08/2016)
Bill
to criminalize torture tabled, by Ashok Dahal (rep
30/08/2016), Anti-torture
Bill
moves (kp 31/08/2016), Rights
activists
say new anti-torture law should have retroactive
effect (ht 02/09/2016), 10
amendments
proposed to Bill against torture (kp 05/09/2016)
Beating
cheating:
Stringent laws and effective implementation are
required to protect consumer rights (kp
19/08/2016)
Bill
on high courts delayed, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/08/2016)
New
co-op
bill seeks stern penalty for funds misappropriation:
The bill has provisioned a maximum of 10-year
imprisonment, recovery of embezzled amount and
equivalent fine (kp 15/08/2016)
Amendment
to
transitional justice act: Proposed bill sets new
definition of murder; Stakeholders say it specifies
crimes of certain nature as pardonable, by Dewan
Rai (kp 13/08/2016)
Pardon,
commutation
procedures enacted (ht 13/08/2016)
Nepal
lacks
e-waste management laws (ht 07/08/2016)
New
law
requires prison staff to behave with inmates, visitors
(ht 07/08/2016)
Call
to
amend Personal Events Registration Act (kp
14/07/2016)
House
paves
way for phasing out SLC, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/06/2016)
Govt
fails
to enforce law to ensure urgent service: In violation
of Essential Services Act, transport entrepreneurs go
on a strike to protest hike in traffic rule violation
fines, by Manish Gautam (kp 27/05/2016)
House
panel
finalises bill to amend Edu Act (kp 25/05/2016)
‘Archaic
laws
leading to miscarriage of justice’: Experts claim
loopholes in laws have often been misused by police
and criminals on many an occasion, by Manish
Gautam (kp 22/05/2015)
Social
security
bill not getting due priority, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 22/05/2016)
New
bank
and financial institution act: Two-term tenure fixed
for chairmen, CEOs; BFIs can allocate 1 percent of
publicly issued shares for their employees, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 22/05/2016)
40
bills
gather dust in House, by Prakash Acharya (ht
19/05/2016)
Laboratory
bill:
Govt starts draft work (kp 09/05/2016)
Government
eases
criteria for clemency (ht 07/05/2016)
Health
Profession
Education Act final draft ready: HPEC to submit the
document to PM this week (kp 02/05/2016)
Civil
Code
Bill proposes will system on property: Panel members
say 16 to 18 years should be given before implementing
it, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 01/05/2016), Will
it
work? (ht 02/05/2016)
Bill
proposes
allowing govt extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction
(ht 28/04/2016)
New
law
to crack down on slow project developers, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/04/2016)
Nepal
Gazette
now also available on website (rep 20/04/2016)
[The correct link to the website is http://www.dop.gov.np]
Disaster
Management
Bill getting final touches, by Ashok Dahal (rep
18/04/2016)
Food
Act
amendment to raise fine against wrongdoers (kp
15/04/2016)
Safe
abortion
bill gathering dust (kp 14/04/2016)
House
session
delay hits law formulation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 14/04/2016)
Informal
sector
finds no space in Labour Act (kp 03/04/2016)
MoLE
to
review foreign employment laws (ht 21/03/2016)
Succour
for
victims of trafficking: Listening to those who’re hard
of hearing; New law has been brought to ensure facts
don’t get lost in translation in courts, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 17/03/2016)
Amendment
to
education act-1972: House committee set to discuss
bill (kp 16/03/2016)
Transplant
Act
2016: Expectations from it, by Pukar Chandra
Shrestha (ht 10/03/2016)
Witness
to
receive allowance and travel expense: Govt amends
Human Trafficking and Control Act to encourage
witnesses to go to court and give their
statements (kp 07/03/2016)
New
bill
provisions converting promoter shares into ordinary:
Promoters of the BFIs can offload their shares in the
secondary market after 10 years of establishment of
the institution, by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/03/2016)
Three
dozen
bills pending in Parliament (kp 29/02/2016)
Merge
human
trafficking and foreign employment acts: Ministry
(kp 28/02/2016)
Draft
Act
ready to regulate medical schools: Experts and
government officials will deliberate on the draft
before forwarding it for Parliament approval (kp
28/02/2016)
Govt
endorses
regulations for TJ bodies: Committee removes key
provisions arguing that they are inconsistent
with the Transitional Justice Act, by Dewan Rai
(kp 17/02/2016)
Labour-friendly
bill
registered at Parliament Secretariat, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 15/02/2016)
New
law
to curb trade of wild flora and fauna (ht
09/02/2016)
CIEDP
bill
will criminalise disappearances, by Dewan Rai (kp
02/02/2016)
Govt
gears
up for citizenship law draft (kp 02/02/2016)
Discussion
starts
on bill to amend Education Act (kp 02/02/2016)
Bill
on
increasing quantum of punishment for murder in House,
by Prakash Acharya (ht 01/02/2016)
Labour
Law Reform: Some Thoughts, by Premal Kumar Khanal
(rn 30/01/2016)
Draft
cooperative
act: Board members barred from holding exec posts,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/01/2016)
193
Acts
amended (kp 25/01/2016)
MoF
to
amend or frame 62 acts, bills (ht 23/01/2016)
New
law
aims to prevent misuse of CCTV cameras (ht
18/01/2016)
Immunisation
Bill
endorsed: Pvt sector can now run programmes with govt
approval (kp 05/01/2016)
Bill
on
bank and financial institutions act: Stringent
provisions on qualifications of directors, CEO (kp
03/01/2016)
Speedy
passage
of new Cooperative Act urged: There are 33,000
cooperatives operating in Nepal. Among them, 11,000
are savings and credit cooperatives. They hold more
than Rs150 billion in deposits of the general public
(kp 02/01/2016)
Laws
inconsistent
with statute to be amended (ht 24/12/2015)
The
electronic
transactions act contradicts the constitution, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp 20/12/2015)
Muluki
Ain
revision: House panel to seek feedback (kp
01/12/2015)
Appeal
to
revise cyber legislation (kp 19/11/2015)
Anti-dowry
bill
awaits approval (kp 09/11/2015)
20
years
on, govts fail to implement Transport Act (kp
08/11/2015)
Directives
on
use of nuclear material issued (ht 04/11/2015)
Priests
seek
new horse for Taleju ritual (kp 28/10/2015)
Govt
brings
new building bylaws: Experts say that some little
tweaks in building bylaws will reduce the risk of
houses collapsing with each other (kp 28/10/2015)
Preparations
on
to draft 138 new laws: Government to amend 315
existing ones to implement new constitution (ht
19/10/2015), Law
ministry
starts work on fresh laws for new statute (rep
19/10/2015)
Amendment
Bill
on Edu Act contradicts court verdict: The Bill has a
provision of golden handshake deal for teachers
recruited before February 2011, which is against the
2010 SC ruling (kp 14/10/2015)
‘Open
varsity
Act soon’ (ht 14/10/2015)
Municipal
police
bylaw enacted (kp 05/10/2015)
New
law
to protect women branded ‘witches’ in offing (ht
03/10/2015)
Bill
divides
land into 11 categories, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
21/09/2015)
Bid
to
address land acquisition problems: Uniform standard for
land valuation proposed, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/09/2015), Plans
afoot
to amend Land Acquisition Act (ht 15/09/2015), Land
acquisition:The
1977 act should be amended in a manner that the project
affected families do not feel that they are being
cheated (ht 16/09/2015)
Mediation
Act Of Nepal: New Milestone In Resolving Disputes,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 10/09/2015)
New
Bill
on reconstruction soon: Govinda Pokhrel ro continue as
Chief Executive Officer of Authority (ht
04/09/2015)
Working
procedure
on land acquisition for reconstruction: Authority to
acquire land in 10 days, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 02/09/2015)
Civil
Code
Bill confines woman’s identity: Activists (kp
18/08/2015)
Bill
to
differentiate private, national security agencies
(ht 17/08/2015)
Youth
Council
Bill endorsed: Minister for Youth and Sports hails it
as landmark moment for country’s youth population
(kp 13/08/2015), National
Youth
Council Act made public (ht 13/08/2015)
Civil
and
Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Govt
to
amend existing EPA (kp 07/08/2015)
Civil
Code
‘ignores’ LGBTI issues, fails to address 2007 SC
verdict (kp 06/08/2015), Fair
play:
Amendment of transitional justice legislation should
be in line with the SC judgment (kp 06/08/2015)
Toothless
Cooperative
Act blamed for irregularities (kp 06/08/2015)
Transitional
justice
act: ‘Amendment must’ for effective TRC, CIEDP (kp
05/08/2015)
Rights
groups
laud Witchcraft Act, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
01/08/2015), A
step forward: Implementation of Witchcraft Act is
crucial to assure vulnerable women (kp 04/08/2015)
House
panel
clears amended Lands Act (kp 03/07/2015)
People
in
pain: The pending torture bill in Parliament must be
amended in line with the UN Torture Convention, by
Dipendra Jha (kp 30/06/2015)
‘No
progress’
on legalising same sex marriage, by Chahana Sigdel
(kp 29/06/2015)
State
facilities
to ex-VIPs: CA chair asks DPM to withdraw bill (kp
25/06/2015), DPM
to
withdraw VIP facilities bill (ht 25/06/2015)
Not
without
flaws: Despite having many shortcomings the proposed
Disaster Management Bill creates a useful foundation
to build future legislations on, by Dina Mani
Pokhrel (kp 23/06/2015)
Harsher
punishment
drafted to curb gambling (ht 20/04/2015)
New
penal
offence bill proposes separate hearing for sentencing,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/03/2015)
Cabinet
okays
revision to Cooperative Act, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
21/03/2015)
Experts
call
for better definition of rape in Criminal Code Bill
(kp 16/03/2015)
NID
Card
soon to replace citizenship certificate, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 16/03/2015)
Govt
prepares
to amend casino regulation (ht 15/03/2015)
Technical
joint-secys
threaten to go on strike (kp 12/03/2015)
New
civil
code bill can become model law: Japanese expert
(kp 07/03/2015)
SAC
to
dwell on reform Bill Aims to control extravagant
social practices (ht 05/03/2015)
Proposed
cooperative
act: Max jail term reduced to 7 years (kp
03/03/2015)
Bill
enabled
to bar civil servants from foreign residency (kp
26/02/2015), House
to
endorse Civil Service Act Amendment Bill soon, by
Prakash Acharya (kp 26/02/2015)
Govt
takes
initiative to amend Cooperatives Act (ht
26/02/2015)
Public
procurement
act: Changes planned to instil greater discipline
(kp 23/02/2015)
‘There
are
sufficient laws to protect consumer rights but the
problem lies in implementation’, interview with
Shambhu Koirala (ht 16/02/2015)
Panel
for
legalising same-sex marriage (kp 10/02/2015)
FNJ
warns
of protests if journalists act not implemented
(rep 04/02/2015)
Law
on
abrogation of criminal charges (ht 18/01/2015)
New
Bill
seeks to end culture of torture (ht 17/01/2015)
Sexual
harassment
law to kick in next month, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 10/01/2015)
Govt
preparing
social research council bill (kp 01/01/2015)
New
penal
code proposes extended life sentence: Imprisonment
until death proposed for those who commit aggravated
murders (ht 28/12/2014)
FinMin
issues
deadline to make changes: Seeks necessary amendments
to Acts, draft Bills in two weeks (ht 25/12/2014)
New
Bill
lays down grounds for divorce (ht 18/12/2014)
Call
for
reopening debate on citizenship; Agreed provisions can
render many stateless: Experts (ht 13/12/2014)
Amendment
to
some Nepal Acts to ensure gender equality (ht
10/12/2014)
‘Lenient’
rape
punishment sparks debate, by Weena Pun (kp
08/12/2014)
New
Bill
proposes educationfor under 18 domestic helpers,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 08/12/2014)
New
Irrigation
Bill for better mgmt of sector, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 05/12/2014)
Bill
in
House to criminalise torture, by Pranab Kharel (kp
02/12/2014)
Bill
decreases
jail for cow slaughter: The Bill proposes to decrease
the jail term for such convicts from 12 years to just
three years (kp 01/12/2014)
Rape
cases:
Bill proposes time limit removal, by Weena Pun (kp
29/11/2014)
Proposed
bills
miff LGBTIs: ‘Drafts of Criminal and Civil Codes fail
to take the issues of sexual minorities seriously’
(kp 27/11/2014)
Daughters
to
get equal share of parental property, by Weena Pun
(kp 24/11/2014), Inherited
wealth:
Lawmakers must ensure equal rights to property for
women in new Civil Code (kp 25/11/2014)
Bill
readied
to enforce free and compulsory education (kp
20/11/2014)
Anti-witchcraft
bill:
Parliamentary committee holds clause-wise discussions
(ht 20/11/2014)
Bill
prohibits
marriage if serious illness hidden: In such cases,
aggrieved party can seek annulment (ht 16/11/2014)
[In part, these plans mean
grave violations of fundamental human rights!!!]
Sub-panel
working
toamend transport law (ht 08/11/2014)
Sexual
harassment
at work: Parliamentary committee passes Bill
unanimously (ht 06/11/1014), Bill
regarding
harassment at work passed (kp 10/11/2014), Approved
Bill
lays down specifics (ht 16/11/2014)
New
Bill
bars landlords from renting out houses unsafe for
human habitation: States signing of contract must for
rentals above Rs 10,000 a month; Makes day-to-day
repair tenants’ responsibility (ht 06/11/2014)
Nepal
to
ratify Arms Trade Treaty (ht 05/11/2014)
Civil,
criminal
code bills tabled (kp 03/11/2014), Amend
Civil
Service Act without delay: Lawmakers to SAC (rep
06/11/2014), 134
proposals
filed seeking amendment to proposed bills (kp
07/11/2014), Civil
code
bill: Revision sought to incidental marriage clause
(kp 09/11/2014), New
Bill
to makeowners liable fortort claims (ht
09/11/2014)
New
Civil
Law Bill proposes will system: Even couples with their
own children can adopt a child (ht 01/11/2014)
Procurement
act
change seeks status quo ante in variation order,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/11/2014)
In
the
penal code: Policymakers must consider provisions for
parole in proposed new Penal Code (kp 31/10/2014)
Sub-committee
formed
to resolve differences between ministries: Proposed
industrial enterprises act, by Sanjeev Giri and
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/10/2014)
Disaster
management
act: National council proposed with PM at helm, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 30/10/2014)
Laws
related
to dual LPG pricing prepared (kp 24/10/2014)
Ministry
proposes
changes in civil, criminal codes, by Pranab Kharel
(kp 17/10/2014), Bill
proposes
stronger punishments for serious crimes: Civil code to
be replaced after 161 years, by Santosh Ghimire
(rep 17/10/2014)
Thin
line:
Lawyers were made to appear like they were
facilitating money laundering activities of the
clients they were bound to "protect", by Sapana
Pradhan Malla (rep 16/10/2014)
Appropriation
bill
receives approval from Parliament: Opens way for
government to spend full budget (kp 15/10/2014), Parliament
endorses
Appropriation Bill (ht 15/10/2014)
‘No
work
no pay’ still a hurdle in new Labour Act (ht
13/10/2014)
Bills
on
industrial reform languishing in oblivion, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 08/10/2014)
Land
Acquisition
Act Amendment Bill in three months (rep
16/09/2014)
Sold
to
slavery: Time to review and amend activities and laws
against human trafficking (kp 03/09/2014)
Assuming
fake
identity: Women aspiring for work abroad are forced to
accept forged passport by employment agents - thanks
to flawed labor law, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
01/09/2014), MoLE
wants
SAARC summit to declare common labor law for South
Asia, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 01/09/2014)
Lawmakers
for
changing Civil Service Act amendment bill: Pandit
faces tough battle over parliamentary endorsement,
by Santosh Gjimire and Ashok Dahal (rep 21/08/2014)
Where
Are
The Economic Bills Stuck?, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(rep 15/08/2014)
House
discusses
Appropriation Bill (ht 14/08/2014)
Govt
to
amend labour law: Minister (kp 14/08/2014)
Beggar
population
swells as anti-begging Act gathers dust, by Dipak
Bayalkoti (kp 14/08/2014)
MoCS
starts
drafting Export and Import Bill (ht 13/08/2014)
Crucial
financial,
industrial bills still in drafting phase: Govt fails
to live up to its committment of reforming around
three dozen economic bills, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(rep 13/08/2014)
Govt
mulls
new industrial Act (ht 31/07/2014)
Bill
mooted
to adjudicate witchcraft related crimes: Proposed bill
envisions increasing prison term and fine for convicts,
by Pranab Kharel (kp 30/07/2014)
Bill
on
sexual harassment at work in house, by Pranab
Kharel (kp 29/07/2014), Sexual
Harassment
at Workplace bill tabled (rep 29/07/2014)
Integrated
social
security law on horizon (ht 25/07/2014)
Govt
mulls
law for land acquisition (ht 16/07/2014)
NCF
demands
amendment to consumer laws (ht 03/07/2014)
Contempt
bill:
NHRC wants stakeholders consulted (kp
30/06/2014),
Respect
universal
principle of contempt of court Act: NHRC (ht
30/06/2014),
Document
draws
flak from rights activists (ht
30/06/2014),
Govt
more
interested in protecting the judiciary than people,
interview with Hari Krishna Karki, president of the
Nepal Bar Association (kp 30/06/2014)
Supreme
Court
rejects writ appeal against contempt bill (kp
28/06/2014),
Dahal
says
not happy with court (ht
28/06/2014),
Government
unnecessarily
sparked controversy: Nepal (rep
28/06/2014),
Plea
to
withdraw Contempt of Court Bill (ht 28/06/2014)
Contempt
of
court bill opposed (ht 20/06/2014)
Provisions
related
to marriage and divorce in the proposed Civil Code
(sp 20/06/2014)
Commerce
Ministry
plans to re-legalise network marketing, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 13/06/2014)
MoF
drafting,
revising 10 laws (ht 11/06/2014)
Civil
Service
amendment bill registered: Govt staff can’t take PR,
green card, diversity visa or work in private
institutions (ht 09/06/2014)
House
panel
moots Petroleum Act (ht 07/06/2014)
Bill
to
end dowry, tilak system registered (ht
07/06/2014), Social
reform
bill targets public office holders (rep
07/06/2014)
Women
activists
call for passing anti-witchcraft bill at the earliest
(ht 27/05/2014)
Legal
archive:
At a time when the country has been passing through
political transition while trying to write the new
constitution, Nepal Law Commission is supporting the
process by updating and reviewing the existing laws
(sp 09/05/2014)
Proposed
Industrial
Act includes micro-enterprises (kp 25/04/2014)
Unequal
divorce
laws rendering men helpless, by Anjali Subedi (rep
13/03/2014)
A
law for parties: Corruption in financing and a
volatile political space require a comprehensive law
regulating parties, by Tika P. Dhakal (kp
17/02/2014)
Anti-money
laundering
measures: FATF asks Nepal to enact five ordinances
(kp 17/02/2014))
Mediation
Law:
New Shift In Dispute Resolution, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 13/02/2014)
Anti-money
laundering
ordinances: UCPN (Maoist) notes dissent against
clauses, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/02/2014)
Govt
to
introduce new laws on pesticide management (ht
29/01/2014)
Govt
called
to Implement working Journo’s Act (kp 27/01/2014)
‘Fiscal
Responsibility
Act’ to guide budget, implementation, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 12/01/2014)
No
limits:
We have become so habituated to copyright infringement
that we fail to see it as wrong, by Sudeshna Thapa
(rep 12/01/2014)
Laws
on
inheritance: Women still fighting for equal rights,
by Weena Pun (kp 26/12/2013)
One-step
back:
Sexual minorities in Nepal should focus on removing
discriminatory legal provisions in the Muluki Ain,
by Semanta Dahal (kp 23/12/2013)
Govt
amending
transport management act (rep 12/12/2013)
Govt
amending
Act for holding local body elections (ht
03/12/2013)
Law
On
Contract Farming On The Cards (rep 01/12/2013)
Industrial
Enterprise
Act: Business leaders seek immediate
introduction (kp 26/10/2013)
New
Cooperatives
Act being prepared to tweak sector (kp 23/10/2013)
Ordinance
to
ensure kids’ right to education (ht 19/10/2013)
MoI
forwards
Industrial Enterprise Act (ht 10/10/2013)
Campaign
demanding
change in anti-rape laws through ordinance, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 02/10/2013)
Draft
anti-money
laundering regulation prepared (kp 02/09/2013)
‘Bill
anathema
to research on biodiversity’, by Kokila K.C. (ht
28/08/2013)
Industrial
Enterprises
Act to be amended to include SEZ issues (kp 11/07/2013)
Where
is
the queue? Provisions in the proposed Foreign Investment
and Technology Transfer Act reveal that they have been
drafted to protect local business groups, not promote
foreign investors, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 09/07/2013)
President
endorses
two crucial anti-money laundering bills (kp
07/06/2013)
Experts
urge
govt to implement anti-tobacco act: MoHP says it had
decided not to recruit smokers in health service (ht
01/05/2013), Smoke
and
mirrors: Ineffective tobacco Act (rep 02/06/2013)
Central
probe
bureau gets much-needed law, by Ankit Adhikari (kp
27/05/2013)
Govt
to
bring FITTA soon through ordinance; Will follow Foreign
Investment and Technology Transfer Policy: Industry
Minister Koirala (ht 25/05/2013)
SC
justice
Shrestha calls for reforms in laws: Underscores need of
signing international agreement to get Nepalis jailed
abroad back (ht 15/05/2013)
Anti-Money
laundering
measures: Govt forwards two ordinances to Cabinett,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/05/2013)
Nepal
to
ratify UN small arms treaty (kp 09/03/2013)
Ministry
comes
up with fresh Labour Act draft, by Ashok Thapa (kp
05/03/2013)
Funding
politics:
A political party financing law is long overdue (kp
24/01/2013)
Morcha
raises
Inclusive Bill (kp 04/01/2013)
Second
amendment
to Anti-Money Laundering Act: Transactions of
politically exposed persons may face greater scrutiny,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/12/2012)
Faulty
legal
provisions render thousands stateless (ht
18/10/2012)
Health
Institutions
Regulatory Act to fill tough legislation void (kp
08/10/2012)
Petroleum
Act
must to regulate LPG bottlers: Govt’s role has been limited
to just issuing licences (ht 03/10/2012)
PM
pledges
to formulate Act on organised crime (kp 29/09/2012)
[Without a parliament??]
‘Citizenship
law
unfair’ (ht 24/08/2012)
Competition
law
must: Experts (ht 12/07/2012)
Govt
plans
to bring SEZ Act through ordinance (kp 25/06/2012)
Law
to
regulate diplomatic service on cards: Minister, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 21/06/2012)
Prez
to
okay anti-money laundering ordinances, by Kiran
Chapagain (rep 14/06/2012), APG
presses
Nepal for quick endorsement of AML Acts (kp
14/06/2012), PM
to
urge party bosses to clear ordinances on money
laundering (rep 15/06/2012), Govt
forwards
two ordinances to President (kp 18/06/2012), Nod
to
anti-money
laundering Bills: Disputed Bill Against Organised Crime
shelved (ht 18/06/2012), President
endorses
two bills on Anti-Money Laundering through ordinance
(nn 18/06/2012), President
Yadav
endorses two AML ordinances (kp 19/06/2012), Prez
promulgates
ordinances as sought by govt (ht 19/06/2012), Targeting
illicit
gains: Nepal’s need and international obligation, by
Dilli Ram Neupane (ht 20/06/2012)
Casino
bylaws
in limbo with ministries at odds (rep 07/06/2012)
Antibiotics
policy
document in limbo: Draft gathering dust for four years
(ht 03/06/2012)
Without
parliament,
enactment of three AML hit snag, by Milan Mani
Sharma (rep 29/05/2012)
Govt
indecision
delays PTA introduction, by Ashok Thapa (kp
20/05/2012)
Work
on
it: Employment Guarantee Act, by Chandan Sapkota
(rep 16/05/2012)
Education
Bill
sent to House for approval (ht 05/05/2012)
Law
sees
no difference to copyright violation, by Samik
Kharel (kp 29/04/2012)
Govt
drafting
new export import Act, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep
(17/04/2012)
Govt
replaces
‘weak’ torture law with ‘bold’ Act, by Anil Giri (kp
07/04/2012)
Tripartite
committee
endorses social security bill, by Rupak D. Sharma
(rep 03/04/2012)
Writ
in
SC challenging provisions in NHRC Act (kp
02/04/2012)
Cabinet
passes
anti-witchcraft bill (rep 30/03/2012)
Drug
Act
1978 to be updated, by Ramesh Khanal (kp 24/03/2012)
DoC
to
bring new Export-Import Act (ht 23/03/2012)
Government
wakes
up to uphold consumer rights (rep 12/03/2012)
New
act
to streamline co-op sector in offing (kp 29/02/2012)
Laws
to
ease sexual minorities’ plight (ht 27/02/2012)
Petition
against
contradictory Military Act provisions (ht
25/02/2012)
Maoist
hardliners
oppose urgent bills (rep 13/02/2012), PM
to
seek more time from FATF , by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
14/02/2012), Bills
tabled
as Maoist hardliners boycott House (kp 14/02/2012),
Paint
it
black: Who is the Financial Action Task Force to tell us
what kind of laws to make and when?, by Gopal
Siwakoti Chintan (kp 14/02/2012), Govt
makes
last-ditch effort to avoid being blacklisted by FATF:
President urges top party leaders to spring into action,
by Mukul Humagain (kp 16/02/2012), Nepal
buys
time to foil FATF fury on dirty money: Include key
offences in Extradition Bill: NC (ht 16/02/2012), Stalemate
continues
as Dahal yet to make his position clear (kp
17/02/2012), Nepal
buys
time to pass three pending bills: Escapes Financial
Action Task Force blacklisting narrowly till next
plenary meeting in June, by Kuvera Chalise (ht
18/02/2012)
Govt
to
push for ratification of mutual legal assistance bill
(rep 10/02/2012)
Govt
ready
with Social Security Fund Bill, by Rupak D. Sharma
(rep 19/01/2012)
New
law
to protect the mentally ill (ht 17/01/2012)
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