Files of over 10,000 cases burnt at SC recovered

KATHMANDU: Files of more than 10,000 cases that were burnt at Supreme Court during Gen Z movement have been recovered.

Out of 24,000 case files at SC, 20,000 case files were burnt in the arson attack took place during the Gen Z movement on Sept 8 and 9, 2025.

SC Spokesperson Nirajan Pandey said files of 10,340 cases have been recovered till Jan 5.

The SC had urged the Office of the Attorney General, Nepal Bar Association and with the parties to concerned cases to provide files of the cases which were destroyed.

Activities are underway to collect the files of those cases from the Office of the Attorney General, Nepal Bar Association and with the parties to concerned cases, accordingly.