District Courts of Nepal

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District Courts of Nepal are the primary trial courts in Nepal’s judicial system, handling most civil and criminal cases at the local level under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealsTo High Courts of Nepal ⓘ
branchOf state power of Nepal ⓘ
canConduct civil trials ⓘ
criminal trials ⓘ
canGrant bail ⓘ
canHear appeals from Local Judicial Committees in some matters ⓘ
canIssue injunctions ⓘ
interim orders ⓘ
warrants ⓘ
canReview decisions of local bodies in certain matters ⓘ
canTry offences punishable with imprisonment and fines as per law ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
establishedUnder constitutional provisions on judiciary of Nepal ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Nepal ⓘ
District Court Regulations of Nepal ⓘ
Judicial Administration Act of Nepal ⓘ
handles cases under special statutes of Nepal ⓘ
cases under the Civil Code of Nepal ⓘ
cases under the National Penal Code of Nepal ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver police investigations within district jurisdiction ⓘ
hasOneCourtPer district of Nepal ⓘ
headedBy District Judge ⓘ
jurisdiction administrative cases ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
commercial disputes ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Nepali ⓘ
legalSystem mixed legal system of Nepal ⓘ
levelInJudicialHierarchy first instance ⓘ
locationType district headquarters ⓘ
numberOfCourts 77 ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Nepal ⓘ
primaryFunction adjudication of disputes ⓘ
interpretation of laws at district level ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights at local level ⓘ
relatedTo High Courts of Nepal ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
roleInJudiciary ensure access to justice at district level ⓘ
implement decisions and precedents of Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
maintain judicial records at district level ⓘ
staffIncludes additional district judges ⓘ
administrative staff ⓘ
court registrars ⓘ
section officers ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Nepal → oversees → District Courts of Nepal ⓘ
Judiciary of Nepal → hasComponent → District Courts of Nepal ⓘ
judicial branch of Nepal → hasCourt → District Courts of Nepal ⓘ
High Courts of Nepal → higherThan → District Courts of Nepal ⓘ
High Courts of Nepal → appealFrom → District Courts of Nepal ⓘ
District Courts of Nepal → governedBy → District Court Regulations of Nepal ⓘ
linked to: District Courts of Nepal