No court for consumers

A functioning liberal economy requires a robust regulatory system to keep tabs on private investors.

Bal Krishna Dhakal, a nominee for Supreme Court justice, on Monday told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that people will feel justice is being done only if concerned agencies start implementing court verdicts. Otherwise, such orders are meaningless, added Dhakal, while presenting his vision for the reformation of Nepal’s judiciary. He was bang on; the implementation rate of court verdicts in Nepal is abysmal. A case in point is the government’s apathy to forming consumer courts. Two years after the Supreme Court ordered the government to establish such courts in each province in order to ensure consumer rights, the government continues to dilly-dally. This is despite the fact that the apex court verdict was based on solid constitutional and legal grounds.