Nepal government should sign additional treaties with India for border management: Supreme Court

Nepal’s Supreme Court has asked the government to sign additional treaties with India for border management and regulation. Sign additional treaties and agreements with India, if necessary, on the basis of parity and mutual interests to prevent criminal activities and ensure effective management of the open border between the two neighboring countries, the Supreme Court said. The Supreme Court gave this decision in response to a petition filed by lawyer Chandrakant Gyawali and border affairs expert Buddhi Narayan Shrestha and others.

A bench of Justices Prakash Man Singh Raut and Purushottam Bhandari issued the order in the name of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Council of Ministers, the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the Ministry of External Affairs, the Defense Ministry, the Home Ministry, among others. “Since the open border between Nepal and India has been frequently misused by unwanted elements, it needs to be regulated by security agencies using latest technologies like drones and CCTV,” Shrestha, one of the petitioners, said quoting the order. Needed.”

Shrestha said, ‘The court also asked the government authorities to sign additional treaties and agreements, if necessary, on the basis of parity and mutual interests, through political and diplomatic initiatives to ensure effective management and regulation of the open border. Said.” The judges had issued the order on April 25, 2021. Full details of the order were released recently. Nepal shares about 1,850 km long border with five Indian states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.

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