Kathmandu, Mar. 30 :The Supreme court has stated that there has been remarkable progress in the clearance of the writ petitions filed during the last three  months.

Details  of the progress published by the Supreme Court here today to mark the completion of the 100th day of the taking over of the post of chief justice by Mr Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya states that   arrangement has been made for hearing of the application made for the revision the cases on which judgement has already been delivered once the very next day and the clearances of such applications have also been increased.

Talking to rss, Supreme Court spokesman Kashi Raj Dahal said that over two hundred writ petitions had been cleared during the period.

The Supreme Court also issued 10-point action plan for speedy functioning of the court and a 13-point directives had been issued on the day Chief Justice Upadhyaya assumed office.

Directives have been issued to and commitment made for the judges not to take part as chief guests in any conferences and seminar other than law and justice so that the society could feel the principle of criminal justice that it is not enough to administer justice but it is equally necessary to feel that justice has been administered.

Arrangement has also been made to give priority to take details of the persons imprisoned with the order of the court and whether or not imprisonment had been made for more than the specified time.

In districts having more than one judge, arrangement has been made to specify the case-list through lucky draw only after the accused is present at the court and the police report has been received.

Necessary directives have been issued and circulars sent to the records section for the effective implementation of the verdicts.

From next month onwards, specified number of court cases will be taken up for hearing according to schedules and will be presented to the benches on different dates according to the nature of cases.

Members of the judicial council and judges of appellate courts will inspect the subordinate courts. Directives have been issued to implement the points mentioned in the report, it is stated.

Likewise,  provisions for training have been made at all the courts to implement the time-limit and guidelines of the court procedures published and distributed to bring uniformity in the functioning of the courts.

Works like organising trainings, seminars and workshops have been initiated through the judicial council to enhance the efficiency of the judges.

The task of receiving the details of the assets have been initiated in accordance with the regulation of the judicial council and special provision made to make the budget formulation process of courts scientific.

Provisions for regular get-togethers and consultations have been made in order to make the relations between the bar and the bench cordial and the task of re-publishing the “Nepal Kanoon Patrika” has been initiated to make available its old issues, according to Supreme Court Spokesman Dahal.