INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) — in a case filed by organisations working in the field of labour migration — has questioned the
alarming deaths of Nepali migrant workers and issued an order of mandamus against line government authorities.
In the case filed by Law and
Policy Forum for Social Justice (LAPSOJ) and Pourakhi Nepal, the SC has released a full text of its verdict on Deaths of Nepali Migrant
Workers in various destination countries.
According to statistics, around 1,000 Nepali migrant workers declared healthy by medical test
report in Nepal have suffered death in destination countries each year
97 per cent of such deaths have occurred in the Gulf region
Cardiac arrest is found to be the most common cause of death.
In other cases, the deaths are either said to be normal or the cause is
In majority of case, post mortem is not carried out citing natural causes
Due to this reason, actual cause of death cannot be identified and family of the deceased migrant workers are also deprived of accidental
insurance facilities.
The apex court has issued the order of mandamus against the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of the
Nepal Government, Department of Foreign Employment, and Foreign Employment Promotion Board to take steps for the minimisation of risk of
migrant workers& death.
Advocates Kedar Dahal, Barun Ghimire, Anurag Devkota, Hari Phuyal (now Judge at Supreme Court), and Milan Rai (now
Judge at High Court), represented the case and litigated before the Supreme Court.
Full text of the verdict
*A (writ of) mandamus is an
order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the official to properly fulfil their official duties or correct an abuse of
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