Gender Justice • Articles • Aug 10, 2025 Judicial Sensitivity to Domestic Abuse: Comparative Insights on Battered Woman Syndrome and the Path Forward for Nepal Abstract Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS), a subcategory of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acknowledges the severe psychological impact of prolonged intimate partner abuse. Its recognition in criminal law, especially in homicide cases, allows … By Majana Rai
Gender Justice • Articles • Aug 01, 2025 Property & Progress: Nepali Women's Path to Ownership Introduction Globally, women have long stood at the margins of property ownership. The legal doctrine of coverture, as stated by Blackstone in English law, held that a woman’s legal identity was absorbed into her husband's upon marriage… By Aslesha Bhattarai
Gender Justice • Case Briefs • Jul 31, 2025 Meera Kumari Dhungana Vs. Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs et al. Case Details Decision No: 6013 Decision Date: 2052/04/18 B.S. Case: Daughter's Property Right Subject of Writ: Under Article 1 and Article 88(1) of the Constitution – laws inconsistent with the Constitution should be declared void. Pe… By Suveksha Panta
Gender Justice • Articles • Jul 31, 2025 Breaking Barriers: Challenges and Progress in Daughters' Inheritance in Nepal Abstract This article examines the struggle to ensure the right of daughters to ancestral property. It traces the discrimination rooted in religious and social beliefs that denied the recognition of daughters as a coparcener and reflects on how the… By Asmita Pandey
Gender Justice • Opinions • Jul 31, 2025 Her Pain, Our Content: The Memeification of Gender-Based Violence Social media is treated as a blessing to the 21st century, for its ability to connect people, foster communities and enable dialogues and discourse. But it is also evidently becoming a space where the social media narratives ridicule, distort and tr… By Kalyani Pokhrel
Gender Justice • Opinions • Jun 18, 2025 Nepalese Law on Women’s Sexuality and Autonomy While many societies are rethinking the traditional role of marriage in regulating sexual and reproductive behaviour, Nepal still continues to preserve it as a sacrament under the Muluki Civil Code, 2074. Section 74 of this Muluki Civil Code, deems … By Sonia Parajuli
Evidence Law • Case Briefs • Aug 01, 2025 Saroj BC et.al vs Government of Nepal : A Case Review From the Perspective of Evidence Law BACKGROUND Plaintiff: Government of Nepal on behalf of Rukum 11 Defendants: Syane alias Saroj BC and Chankhe alias Ajeeb Sunar, Dal Bahadur Dangi, Tej Kumar B.K, Hari Khadka Appellants: Saroj BC and Ajeeb Sunar Case: Rape Case No. 073-CR-1679, … By Sujina Dhoju
Criminal Law • Case Briefs • Jul 31, 2025 Triratna Chitrakar vs. Government of Nepal Background The case Triratna Chitrakar vs. Government of Nepal is cited in NKP (2066) No.5, page 784, Decision Number: 8148. It was heard by a joint bench of the Supreme Court of Nepal comprising Right Hon’ble Judges Balram K.C. and Gauri Dha… By Sese Hang Limbu Imsong
LGBTQIA+ Rights • Articles • Jul 31, 2025 Justice Beyond Binaries: How the Supreme Court of India Affirmed Queer Existence “History owes an apology to the LGBTQ community…” — Justice Indu Malhotra, Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) [1] On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India ruled in one of the landmark cases that def… By Bivek Chaudhary