Kathmandu, May 4: HMG has constituted a five-member task force with member secretary of the Court Management Committee Kashi Raj Dahal as the convenor to study the existing physical condition of the courts and submit a report to HMG for improvement of the infrastructure and management of courts in a planned manner.

Representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Finance and National Planning Commission are the members and member-secretary of the Supreme Court Construction Committee the member-secretary of the task force, it is learnt from the Ministry of Law and Justice.

The task force which will have a tenure of six months has been given powers to specify its own works and duties.

At present, it is being felt that the laws concerning construction, repair and maintenance of buildings of the supreme court and other courts under it, arrangements for computers, photocopy and fax machines, development of library, judicial academy and career development of the employees, increase in pay and allowances, judicial administration and court procedures needs to be improved.