NEPAL SC MANDATES LIMITS ON MT EVEREST CLIMBING PERMITS

The Nepal Supreme Court has issued a mandamus to the government of Nepal, directing it to impose a limit on the number of climbing permits for peaks in Nepal, including Mount Everest.

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A bench comprising Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Sushma Lata Mathema issued a mandamus to the government, directing limitations on expedition permits. This directive comes in response to a writ petition filed by advocate Deepak Bikram Mishra in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case.

Earlier this week, a concise summary was published instructing the government to issue climbing permits only after considering the mountain’s capacity and for a specific duration. Advocate Mishra initiated the PIL at the Supreme Court in September 2019, with the Nepali Prime Minister’s office, Council of Ministers, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, and Nepal Mountaineering Association listed as defendants, among others.