Nepal apex court shifts to tents

Temporary tents were set up on Nepal's Supreme Court premises on Sunday morning, the first working day after curfew was relaxed by the army in the Himalayan nation, which was rocked by massive protests and violence last week.

- Prawesh Lama

Under the white tents, with Supreme Court Nepal printed on top, the staff from different courts metlitigants, handing them new dates for their court proceedings.

‘The Supreme Court complex, justas most government buildings across Kathmandu, has been completely damaged in the arson during the Gen Z protests last week, which also led to the downfall of the previous KP Sharma Oli regime. The temporary tents were set up right next to a pile of charred vehicles and two-wheelers in the middle of the court complex, where people from various parts of the country had come since early morning to have their cases heard.

The records of at least 26,000 ongoing case files as well as stored records of 36,000 files in the apex court complex were destroyed in the fire, according to senior advocate Purna Man Sakya, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.