Convoluted court judgments often leave even lawyers scratching their heads

Legal experts and former justices stress the need to simplify the language in court orders, which are often so wordy and long-winded that even advocates struggle to decipher them, let alone the general public.

On Wednesday the Supreme Court issued an interim order in response to a writ against the nomination of Nepal Communist Party’s vice-chair Bamdev Gautam to the National Assembly.