Courts suspend hearings for two weeks citing COVID-19 outbreak fears

KATHMANDU, March 20: All the courts across the country have suspended hearing except for the habeas corpus for the next two weeks citing coronavirus fears.

A meeting of the full bench of Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana decided to halt court’s regular operation until April 3.

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