Kathmandu, Jan 5: An annual report of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for the fiscal year, 2024/25 has been submitted before President Ramchandra Paudel. At a programme organised at Sheetal Niwas today, Attorney General Sabita Bhandari submitted the annual report before President Paudel.
The report incorporated the activities carried out by the office and its subordinate bodies in the fiscal year, 2024/25.
Out of total cases, writs and applications filed by the public prosecutors, 75,165 disputes were settled. Of them, 66.34 percent were settled in favour of the government.
OAG and its subordinate offices issued the order for mediation in 2,612 cases where 3,075 were defendants. Similarly, decisions were made not to submit cases against 4,841 persons implicated in various 4,527 cases.
Similarly, legal opinions were sought from the OAG and its subordinates on 52 issues in the past fiscal year, but the suggestion were provided only on 47 issues.
The number of cases, writs and applications in which OAG and the offices under this had defended or argued in government’s favour was 127,409. Likewise, the number of cases in which the government of Nepal was defendant stood at 105,036, while writs filed against the government were 16,514 and other applications were 5,859. This is 3.90 percent less compared to the previous fiscal year.
The Attorney General is obliged to present the annual report of OAG before Head of the State every year as per the Article 159 (1) of the Constitution.
