SC to register new cases from October 14
The Supreme Court is to register new cases including writs from Tuesday, October 14.
A full court meeting of the apex court held on Sunday made the decision to this effect.
The Court was set on fire during the GenZ protests on September 9.
The fire destroyed nearly 80 percent of the cases filed in the Supreme Court.
According to a Supreme Court source, preparations are underway to provide information about the registration of new cases to legal practitioners and Nepal Bar Association.
The hearing will begin from Tuesday.
Earlier, Bar officials including Attorney General had suggested the Supreme Court to move ahead by filing new cases.
Property worth Rs 40m damaged in recent rain-induced disasters in Jhapa
The recent rain-induced disasters damaged properties worth Rs 40 million in Kankai area in Jhapa district.
Mayor of Kankai Municipality Rajendra Kumar Pokharel shared that the city witnessed property damages of Rs 40 million from the disaster that occurred in the first week of October.
The flood in Mai river in Kankai Municipality submerged almost 25 bighas of land and has damaged 800 meters of roads.
Likewise, 50 households in the municipality were affected.
Currently, the municipality is providing relief materials to the affected households with collaboration with different social organizations.
Mayor Pokharel also pledged to unveil different relief packages to the affected community on behalf of the municipality.
Meanwhile, at least 2,500 children were affected from the rain-induced disasters in the district, Assistant Chief District Officer of Jhapa Tej Prakash Prasain said.
"The affected children are being provided with educational materials. The concerned local levels have been asked to manage the textbooks for the children," Prasain added.
Weather likely to remain fair nationwide today
There is no influence of remarkable weather systems across the country today.
It is stated that this year's monsoon is exiting from all territories of the country. The monsoon has withdrawn from Nepal since last Friday.
The Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has stated that there will be partly cloudy weather in the hilly areas of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces, and largely fair weather in the rest of the areas across the country.
There is a possibility of light rain at one or two places in the hilly areas of the Koshi Province.
According to the Department, the hilly areas of the Koshi Province and Sudurpaschim Province are likely to remain partly cloudy, while the rest of the areas will be generally fair tonight.
Two held for allegedly murdering colleague in Tokha
Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in murdering a man at Chandeshwori in Tokha on Thursday.
The suspects have been identified as Ganesh Lama (27) of Udayapur and Khup Bahadur Tamang (40) of Sindhuli.
The duo killed Ram Limbu (40) of Panchthar, currently residing at Chandeshwori, Tokha, by attacking with an iron rod.
District Police Range, Kathmandu spokesperson Pawan Kumar Bhattarai said that Limbu was murdered on Thursday night.
According to Bhattarai, Limbu, Lama and Tamang are friends and used to work together.
Police said that they, who were working as laborers at Ramesh Joshi’s land in Chandeshwari, Tokha, had consumed alcohol in a hut at the same location.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the two attacked Limbu with an iron rod following a dispute over financial transactions.
Limbu, who was critically injured in the attack, was rushed to the Trauma Center but breathed his last during the course of treatment at 1 am today.
