Nepal Supreme Court running from tents, extended dates given to petitioners amid uncertainty over normalcy restoration
By Tahir Qureshi
Copyright india
New Delhi: Gen-Z protesters who came out in protest against the social media ban in Nepal created history. Also there were a few unpleasant and violent incidents that were witnessed over two days of protests as a media house building a five-star hotel and several government buildings like the Supreme Court and the Parliament House were set on fire.
Many case records of Supreme Court destroyed dates extended
Nepals Supreme Court reopened on Monday 15 September 2025 with temporary tents being set up after the court records and the structure were damaged. The court staff is managing cases amid ongoing chaos.
A senior advocate Purna Man Sakya who is also a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association said that the records of at least 26000 ongoing case files as well as stored records of 36000 files in the apex court’s complex were destroyed in the fire.
The Nepal Supreme Court has extended the dates to the petitioners as cases are not being heard at the moment. Court documents were either burned or lost in the incidents of arson. Nepal Bar Association President Bijay Prasad Mishra said that in such a situation the court cannot function fully and will gradually start to function fully.
Incidents of arson
The houses of many ministers and former prime ministers were attacked. These incidents were witnessed by the whole world. In the end the protests came to an end after the appeal of President Ramchandra Paudel Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah and the Army Chief. After this Sushila Karki was appointed as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal. Meanwhile a picture has surfaced sparking a lot of discussion on social media.
Supreme Court building
According to several reports and local media Supreme Court employees have set up tents in the premises of Nepals top court to continue services. However the court proceedings are yet to start. A video shows the burnt-down building of Nepals Supreme Court. Now the entire building is damaged.
72 dead hundreds injured
The death toll in Gen-Z protests in Nepal rose to 72 on Sunday September 14. This information was given to the news agency ANI by a police officer. The dead included 59 protesters 3 police officers and 10 prisoners who were trying to escape during the violence in the movement. After these protests Sushila Karki has now taken over as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal. Karki announced that the government will bear the cost of the treatment of the injured those killed in the violence will be given the status of martyrs and their families will be given 10 lakh Nepalese rupees as compensation. She said that the facility for the transfer of bodies from Kathmandu to other districts will be provided by the government.
The Nepal Supreme Court is running from tents and extended dates are given to petitioners.
Gen-Z protesters who came out in protest against the social media ban in Nepal created history.
There were a few unpleasant and violent incidents that were witnessed over two days of protests
Several government buildings like the Supreme Court and the Parliament House were set on fire.
Nepals Supreme Court reopened on Monday 15 September 2025 with temporary tents being set up after the court records and the structure were damaged. The court staff is managing cases amid ongoing chaos. The Nepal Supreme Court has extended the dates to the petitioners as cases are not being heard at the moment.