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CHIEF Justice of Supreme Court Keshav Prasad
Upadhyaya underlined the need for making Nepal’s justice system more effective and
reliable so that people have easy and quick access to justice. Inaugurating the fourth
central conference of public prosecutors, government advocates and legal officers of His
Majesty’s Government the other day in Kathmandu, Chief Justice Upadhyaya called upon
public prosecutors and legal officers to work more effectively and efficiently to make
justice system prompt, effective and accessible to the general people. Judiciary is the
custodian of people’s rights and rule of law. Judges are the ones who act on behalf
of judiciary to dispense justice to the people. Public prosecutors, lawyers and legal
officers help judiciary in the act of dispensation of justice in a quick and effective
manner. It is said that justice delayed is justice denied. The duty of judges is to
dispense justice quickly and the role of public prosecutors and other lawyers is to help
the judiciary in this act. We have multi-party democracy, independent judiciary and rule
of law. It is the judiciary and judges that translate the constitutional provision of rule
of law into reality. Unless the justice is dispensed in time, people may not have the
feeling that justice has been done to them. There are complaints regarding delay in the
dispensation of justice. Chief justice Upadhayaya and other judges have time and again
expressed concern over it and have expressed their commitment to make the justice
dispensation system quicker. As stated by the Chief Justice Upadhyaya, the problem is more
with the criminal justice administration. There are some lacuna and shortcomings in the
justice system in Nepal, which need to be corrected in order to fully realise the
constitutional provision of rule of law. Several factors may be behind this situation.
Efficiency of judges is the key factor for quick and effective dispensation of justice.
The efforts to enhance efficiency of judges need to be carried out and reforms in legal
system could be another step to make justice delivery system quicker, more effective and
people oriented. After the restoration of democracy in 1990, several measures have been
taken to strengthen the capability and efficiency of judiciary and judges to make the
justice system more reliable. However, there is still no room for complacency. Further
efforts need to be made in order to make our justice system more efficient and reliable.
For this, role of judges, public prosecutors and other lawyers is crucial.
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