Kathmandu. The Special Court has obtained the certificate of the International Standards Organization (ISO). The certificate has been given that the judicial system has been agile in accountability, sustainability and administrative reforms.

Court Chairman Tek Narayan Kunwar released the certificate at a programme organized at the Special Court today. He said that he has been successful in getting the ISO certificate as he has been trying to maintain the highest honesty, accountability and public trust in the judicial and administrative process.

Kunwar said efforts were being made to reform the judicial bodies regularly through testing, training and technology to ensure fair justice delivery in accordance with the law and maintain an open, transparent and recorded judicial process.

“The special court has become the first court in Nepal to get an ISO certificate. This initiative should include documentation of the day-to-day functioning and procedures of the court, audit every year and re-verify it every three years,” he said.

Chairman Kunwar said that the court is focusing on making the record system of the court paperless by moving forward on the path of modernization, easy access to justice through ‘digital recording’ system and virtual hearings.

According to him, the court has disposed of 123 out of the total 206 cases while 83 cases are pending. According to the special court’s case statistics in the last five years, the highest number of cases have been disposed of in the fiscal year 2080/81 BS. A total of 506 out of 575 cases were disposed of during the fiscal year.

Earlier, the lowest 15.7 per cent cases were disposed of in fy 2077/78, 42.80 per cent in FY 2078/79 and 45.76 per cent in FY 2079/80. In the fiscal year 2076/77 BS, 77.05 percent cases were disposed of. A total of 123 out of 205 cases have been disposed of till July 1, 2082 BS.

Chairman Kunwar said that the special court has been successful in disposing of the highest number of cases in the fiscal year 2080/81 BS and has been able to keep the justice delivery efficient. The certificate of this organization, headquartered in Geneva, was handed over to the Special Court through the Department of Measurement and Quality of Nepal after completing the process.

Special Court Chair Kunwar shared that the court was working with a plan to make the management of the court a model, create a service-friendly environment and deliver the verdict within six months. According to him, the court is conducting virtual hearings from Nepal as well as anywhere in the world.