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Unit 5: Civic Awareness Lesson 3: Judiciary Introduction Judiciary is an organ of the state whose main function is to provide justice to the innocent and punish the culprit. This is a watch-dog, protector and interpreter of the constitution that provides equal justice and keeps the balance between Legislative and Executive of the basis of power-sharing and norms of democracy. Importance of Judiciary To maintain good governance and the rule of law in the state the judiciary interprets the laws made by the legislature and implemented by the executive. It can raise questions against the laws formulated and implemented by the other two organs. It protects the fundamental rights of the people giving legal punishment to the guilty party so; it is also known as ‘The Guardian of law’ .   Types of Courts in Nepal a.      District court b.      High court c.       Supreme court District court : There is the ...

Unit 5: CIVIC AWARENESS Lesson 2: Executive Introduction Executive body is also called the council of ministers; is the law implementing body of the state. Among the three important organs of the nation (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) Executive body plays a vital role in national development as it has to work on the field. There are three levels of executives in Nepal federal Executive at the center, Provincial Executive at province and Local Executive at the local level. Federal Executive : Federal executive is the higher executive of the country that has authority over the federal government or the whole country. The prime minister is the head of the council of ministers in federal executives and other ministers are members of it. Executive power of federal Executive : The power is vested in the Council of Ministers with the responsibilities such as; issuing general directives, controlling and regulating the government of Nepal. Constitution of Council of Ministers: ...

Unit 5: CIVIC AWARENESS Lesson 1: Legislature     Background According to the constitution of Nepal, “ Nepal is an independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive, democratic, socialism-oriented, federal democratic republican state.” Legislature, executive and judiciary are the major organs of the nation. These three organs are spirit of democracy and function on power sharing principle . They posses power that control each other so that no organ can become too powerful which is called check and balance system . Introduction The legislature is the lawmaking body. The legislature makes the law for the nation and the state performs its activities under these laws. The constitution has made a provision of a bicameral federal legislature consisting two houses: House of representative and the National Assembly that is under federal Parliament. At the same time there is unicameral legislature in a provincial government that functions under Provincial Assembly. Federal leg...