Part 11 – Judiciary
Part Overview: Judicial system comprising Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts, Constitutional Bench, appointment of Chief Justice and Judges.
Articles in Part 11:
Article 126 – Courts to exercise powers related to justice
(1) Powers relating to justice in Nepal shall be exercised by courts and other judicial institutions in accordance with the provisions of th...
Article 127 – Courts
(1) There shall be the following courts in Nepal: (a) Supreme Court, (b) High Court, and (c) District Court (2) In addition to the courts re...
Article 128 – Supreme Court
(1) There shall be a Supreme Court in Nepal. (2) The Supreme Court shall be the Court of Record. Unless otherwise provided in this Constitut...
Article 129 – Appointment and qualifications of Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court
(1) In addition to the Chief Justice of Nepal, there shall be maximum of 20 Justices in the Supreme Court. In case the number of the Justice...
Article 130 – Conditions of service and benefits of the Chief Justice and Justices
(1) The Chief Justice, and judges of the Supreme Court are entitled to receive a pension as provided for in the law if they resign, or get c...
Article 131 – Vacation of Office of Chief Justice or Justices of the Supreme Court
The Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court will cease to hold office in the following situations: (a) If the Chief Justice submits her/...
Article 132 – Chief Justice and Justices not to be engaged in any other assignment
(1) The Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be engaged in or deputed to any other assignment except that of a Judge. Provi...
Article 133 – Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
(1) Any Nepali citizen may file a petition in the Supreme Court to have any law or any part thereof declared void on the ground of inconsist...
Article 134 – Transfer of cases
(1) If a case including the same question in substantial terms are under consideration of the Supreme Court and High Courts and if the Supre...
Article 135 – Not to be part of pleading of court cases
The Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Constitutional Court following their retirement shall not be allowed to plead...
Article 136 – Responsibility of the Chief Justice
The Chief Justice shall have the ultimate responsibility to make the administration of justice effective of the Supreme Court and other cour...
Article 137 – Formation of the Constitutional Bench
(1) There shall be a Constitutional Bench in the Supreme Court. The Bench shall comprise of the Chief Justice and other four Justices appoin...
Article 138 – Annual report
(1) Each year, the Supreme Court, Judicial Council and Judicial Service Commission shall present its annual report to the President, and the...
Article 139 – High Court
(1) There shall be a High Court in every province. (2) The High Court can initiate a contempt of court case and punish according to the law...
Article 140 – The appointment and qualifications of the Chief Judge and Judges of the High Court
(1) The Chief Justice shall, on the recommendation of the Judicial Council, appoint the Chief Judge and Judges of the High Court. (2) Any Ne...
Article 141 – Conditions of service and benefits of Chief Judge and Judges
(1) Unless otherwise mentioned in this Constitution, the remuneration and other conditions of service of the Chief Judge and other Judges of...
Article 142 – Vacancy of office of the Chief Judge or Judge
(1) The Chief Judge or Judge of the High Court shall cease to hold office in the following circumstances: (a) If she/he submits written resi...
Article 143 – Chief Judge and Judge not be engaged in any other assignment and transfer related provision
(1) The Chief Judge and Judge shall not be transferred to or deputed to any assignment except that of a Judge. Provided that , the Governmen...
Article 144 – Jurisdiction of the High Court
(1) The High Court shall, for the enforcement of the fundamental rights conferred by this Constitution, for the enforcement of any other leg...
Article 145 – Transfer of cases
(1) If the High Court feels that any case under consideration at courts under its jurisdiction involved a question of provincial law and tha...
Article 146 – Allowed to plead
A person who has retired as a High Court Judge can plead in in the Supreme Court and High Courts other than in the high courts and subordina...
Article 147 – Responsibility of the Chief Judge
The Chief Judge shall have the ultimate responsibility to make the administration of justice within the jurisdiction of the High Court effec...
Article 148 – District Court
(1) There shall be a district court in every district. (2) The local level judicial institutions established according to the provincial law...
Article 149 – Appointment, qualifications and remuneration and other terms of service of the Judges of District Courts
(1) The Chief Justice shall, on the recommendation of the Judicial Council appoint the Judges of the District Courts. (2) The position of va...
Article 150 – Judges of the District Court not to be engaged in any other assignment and provisions related to transfer
(1) A District Court Judge shall not be engaged in or deputed to any assignment except that of a Judge. Provided that , the Government of Ne...
Article 151 – Jurisdiction of the District Court
(1) The District Court shall, unless provided otherwise in the law, have jurisdiction to hear original cases and execute all cases within it...
Article 152 – Specialized court
(1) In addition to the courts referred to in Article 130, the law may establish and constitute other specialized courts, judicial institutio...
Article 153 – Judicial Council
(1) There shall be a Judicial Council to make recommendations and give advice in accordance with this Constitution concerning the appointmen...
Article 154 – Judicial Service Commission
(1) The Government of Nepal shall carry out appointments, transfers and promotions to gazetted posts of federal judicial service or take dep...
Article 155 – Provisions related to conditions of service and benefits
The remuneration, benefits and conditions of service of the staffers of the Federal Judicial Services shall be as provided in Federal Act.
Article 156 – Provisions related to provincial level Judicial Service Commission
The formation of judicial service in the province and the remuneration, benefits and conditions of service of its staffers shall be as provi...
Related Provisions & Cross-References
Bidirectional citations, thematic connections, and constitutional authority