r/LawAndPhilosophy

Personally, I think the law can never be completely fair to both sides. Nepal’s section 219 of Nepal’s National Penal Code treated every sexual act involving someone under 18 as statutory rape or sexual assault even if it was consensual and I understand why. It created a strong protective standard for minors and reinforced the idea that children belong in schools and safe environments, not in underage marriages or sexual relationships.

At the same time, i also acknowledge there have been genuine cases where consensual teenage relationships turned into criminal cases because of parental disapproval, caste/class issues, family pressure, or breakups. In some situations, the law ended up punishing close age peers the same way it punishes actual predators.

So i understand why reforms are being discussed. But i think the currently proposed 3 year proximity rule is too broad and risks demeaning the value of child protection laws.

An 18 yo legal adult (can be a college student) being exempt from full prosecution for involvement with a 15 yo simply because the age gap falls within a broad exemption is deeply concerning to me; a 15 yo does not have the cognitive or emotional maturity to navigate a relationship with a legal adult. Treating that as a "normal teen romance" is a massive step backward or a 13 yo with a 16 yo. They have different power dynamics and maturity. Even a 2–3 year age gap can involve major differences in maturity, power, and legal status.

If there is going to be any exception at all, i think it should remain extremely narrow:
• A strict one or two year in most, proximity cap, only for genuine developmental peers, The older partner shouldn’t be more than 2 years older than the younger partner.

• And a rigid floor age of 16, the younger partner must be 16 yo so that if the younger partner is 15 or below, absolute liability automatically applies regardless of the age gap.

Withput these guardrails, there is a real risk that communities misuse this amendment to normalize underage elopements and quietly undo decades of progress made in keeping girls in school and out of early relationships. The answer to flawed enforcement isn’t softer law but rather it’s better investigation and more careful prosecution.

So basically I am a student ( grade 11) currently living in Balkhu, and my landlord is madhesi woman. She has been continuously harassing me mentally for past few months. Today she accused me of spilling water in the hallway which she thinks will damage her plastic carpet btw I didn't spill any. She accused me just because I was walking on the hallway. She started doing kich kich with me and I started recording her without letting her know. Hearing our kich kich her son came downstairs and saw me recording her. He nearly came to hit me while telling to stop recording. I simply refused to delete, then his whole family came and started forcing me to delete the recording me forcefully with the excuse of recording without consent. The land lord's grandson started telling me to delete the recording while trying to touch me with the intention of hitting me. Under pressure I had to delete the video.

I want to recover the video real bad. It was the only evidence I had against the landlord. I have already filled ujuri form in Nepal police's website few days ago regarding this matter still no response from them. Can I press legal charges against them?

सम्माननीय प्रधानमन्त्री बालेन्द्र शाहको अनुपस्थितमा वरिष्ठ मन्त्री अर्थात् अर्थमन्त्री स्वर्णिम वाग्लेले संसदमा प्रधानमन्त्रीका तर्फबाट जवाफ दिनुभएको छ। यस्तो अवस्थामा विपक्षी दलका नेताहरूले प्रधानमन्त्रीको माग गरिरहँदा प्रतिनिधि सभा नियमावलीको नियम ३८ मा प्रधानमन्त्रीको अनिवार्यता नभएको कुराले स्थान पायो। यो व्यवस्था नेपालमा मात्रै नभएर हामीले अवलम्बन गरेको जस्ता संसदीय अभ्यास भएका तपसिल बमोजिमका देशहरूमा समेत यस्तो अभ्यास भइसकेको छ।

United Kingdom

बेलायतमा प्रधानमन्त्री अनुपस्थित हुँदा उपप्रधानमन्त्री वा वरिष्ठ मन्त्रीले संसदमा सरकारको तर्फबाट जवाफ दिने प्रचलन लामो समयदेखि देखिन्छ। उदाहरणका रूपमा Boris Johnson को पालामा तत्कालीन विदेश सचिव र उपप्रधानमन्त्रीहरूले संसदमा सरकारको तर्फबाट धारणा राखेका थिए।

Canada

क्यानडामा प्रधानमन्त्री अनुपस्थित हुँदा “Acting Prime Minister” तोकिने अभ्यास छ। Justin Trudeau को कार्यकालमा वरिष्ठ मन्त्रीहरूले संसदमा सरकारी धारणा प्रस्तुत गरेका भेटिन्छन्।

Australia

अष्ट्रेलियामा प्रधानमन्त्री को अनुपस्थितिमा उपप्रधानमन्त्री “Acting Prime Minister” बन्छन्। Scott Morrison तथा Anthony Albanese का कार्यकालमा पनि उपप्रधानमन्त्रीहरूले संसदमा सरकारी भूमिका प्रस्तुत गरेका प्रशस्त उदाहरण देखिन्छन्।

New Zealand

न्युजिल्यान्डमा प्रधानमन्त्री अनुपस्थित हुँदा उपप्रधानमन्त्रीले संसदीय प्रश्नोत्तर सञ्चालन गर्ने अभ्यास छ। Jacinda Ardern सरकारका नीति कार्यक्रममा उपस्थित हुन नसक्दा Winston Peters ले कार्यवाहक प्रधानमन्त्रीको जिम्मेवारी सम्हालेका थिए। त्यस अवधिमा उनले संसदमा सरकारको पक्ष राखेका थिए।

India

भारतमा प्रधानमन्त्री संसदका हरेक कार्यक्रममा अनिवार्य उपस्थित हुने कानुनी बाध्यता छैन। Narendra Modi कतिपय सर्वदलीय बैठक वा संसदीय प्रक्रियामा अनुपस्थित हुँदा सम्बन्धित मन्त्रीहरूले सरकारको धारणा पेश गरेको हामीलाई थाहै छ।

Japan

जापानमा पनि प्रधानमन्त्री अनुपस्थित हुँदा मुख्य मन्त्रिपरिषद् सचिव वा वरिष्ठ मन्त्रीले संसदमा सरकारको स्थिति स्पष्ट गर्ने अभ्यास पाइन्छ।

यसरी हेर्दा विश्वका संसदीय प्रणाली अवलम्बन गरेका देशहरूमा प्रधानमन्त्रीको स्थानमा अन्य मन्त्रीले जवाफ दिएको अभ्यास भेटिन्छ। त्यसैले नेपालको हकमा प्रधानमन्त्री आउँदा राम्रै हो तर प्रधानमन्त्री आउनुभएन भन्ने आधारमा संसद अवरुद्ध गर्ने या संविधान विपरीत या कानुन विपरीत हुने भन्ने होइन

Yo prashna chai mero mind ma asti dekhi nai khelirako chha. I mean temporary shelters are okay, until they can shift somewhere on their own. Tya basnai parne awastha aayema basne, kam garne ra shift hune chhamata banayera shift hune.

Ani arko kura, Kathmandu ma kamaayera basnu garho chha, yes, so why crowd the Kathmandu? Gau ghar tira janu,kheti kisani garnu, sasto ma majale jibanyapan garnu.

Why should the government give permanent land to them? Kathmandu mai more than 60-70% people live in rented houses, so why shouldn't they? Karodau ko jagga free ma dinu ta middle class mathi anyaya ho!! What have they done to get anything for free?