Rights activists decry the decision while Tharu campaigners hail the freedom from life imprisonment as justice for the community.

Main opposition obstructed House after allegations by a Maoist MP of misappropriations in gold used in Pashupati.

UML lawmakers ask the prime minister to present truth and seek an apology from Lekh Nath Dahal.

Inter-governmental mechanisms envisioned by law remain largely ineffective as authorities fail to bridge the gap.

Top court not only lacks chief justice but has five of the 21 justice posts vacant. Lower courts are understaffed too.

High possibility of the draft aiming at withdrawing cases by giving them a political colour, says Top Bahadur Magar, commission chair.

He was handed life term by lower courts for links to the Tikapur lynchings in which 8 people were killed in 2015.

A subcommittee will iron out the differences among the major parties on the disputed transitional justice bill.

The Supreme Court ruling may dissuade lawmakers from bringing such motions on a whim in the future.

Positions of as many as five justices at Supreme Court, 42 judges at high courts and 40 judges at the district courts are currently lying vacant.

They caution against the possibility of party honchos coming together to protect their accused colleagues.

UML challenges government to investigate tampering of tax rates last year and corruption in Maoist cantonments.

The Business Advisory Committee on Friday failed to agree on the endorsement of the bill to amend the Constitutional Council Act after the UML sought revision.

Opinion is divided. Some argue floor tests are not needed until the government falls into minority.

Previous legislature got embroiled in a dispute over twin dissolutions. This hung parliament bears no bright prospects either.