KATHMANDU, JUNE 27Article 20 of the constitution mentions indigent party shall have the right to free legal help in accordance with the law. This makes it an essential right all indigent parties should be able to take pleasure in. ' New citizenship law requires to be enhanced' Livability of Kathmandu Valley: From Heaven in the past to a virtual hell now As far as district legal aid committees are worried, they lack human resources to offer quality service to service seekers.Government legal aid service provider in Rupandehi district Bishnu Bhusal told THT that he had practically 300 cases to represent and everyday he had four to 5 cases where he appeared prior to the court for oral submissions. I have to manage everything - running errands for my workplace, keeping the records of expenditures and case files, writing cases on behalf of the indigent celebrations, and representing them in the court, Bhusal said.Legal help guideline, nevertheless, states that legal help shall not be supplied in narcotic drugs, corruption, rape, and profits leak cases. The guidelines also mention that a person who has actually got legal aid will need to pay the money invested for him if he gets economic take advantage of the case. Those who wish to look for legal help through district legal aid committees have to go through a cumbersome process.As per Legal Aid Regulation, service applicants need to get a suggestion letter from their particular ward workplaces accrediting that their annual income is less than Rs 40,000. It is unwise to think that just those individuals that earn less than Rs 40,000 a month must secure free legal help. Even a person who makes Rs 40,000 a month can not quickly pay for attorneys' charges and other expenditures during court proceedings, Jha said.Bhusal stated the Rs 40,000 yearly earnings guideline is used under the Legal Aid Regulation of 1997 and even after 26 years the same provision is applicable. A poor female, who has been kicked out from her other half's house, approaches with three or 4 little kids. If she needs to submit a case of alimony, partition, and look for divorce from her other half, she needs to pay practically Rs 2,700 court costs. How can such a lady pay this amount? Bhusal wondered. He stated complimentary legal help must be provided to all service hunters regardless of their earnings level.Jha said the government required to upgrade the legal aid treatments to make sure access to justice. In those districts where there are not too many cases, the court can pay the court attorney on case wise basis and in those districts where there is substantial caseload, the court should be permitted to employ as many court attorneys as needed, he stated. Jha also said the best thing would be that the federal government provide funds to NGOs to represent indigent parties in the court.A variation of this article appears in the print on June 28, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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Twenty-eight migrant workers from Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta east) Nawalpur have died in course of employment in foreign lands.
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Such number of migrant workers lost their lives in course of overseas employment till the date of the current fiscal year.
District Coordinator of the Safer Migration Programme, Rituram Soti, said 27 male and a female have lost their lives this year.
Seven people of Devchuli, six of Kawasoti, six of Madhyabindu, four of Gaindakot, three of Binayi Tribeni and one of Hupsekot died in course of overseas employment. It was found that working under pressure, long working hours are some of the reasons behind the death of migrant workers, shared counsellor of the programme , Ranjana Lamsal.
Coordinator Soti added 188 cases related to foreign employment have been registered in Nawalpur this year. The highest number of cases (118) was related to cheating.
Of the cases registered cases, 81 were settled and Rs 32.06 million compensation was provided to the victims, he shared.
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