JUSTICE IN NEPAL. 



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II. Judicial Administration of the Interior. 



§ 5. Local Courts. 



The valley of Nepal being assumed as a centre, the interior or mountain 

 districts are divided for judicial purposes into Eastern and Western parts, 

 each of which is sub-divided, or liable to sub-division. At present to the 

 eastward there is only one grand section, called from its boundaries the 

 section of the Mechi and Dud Cost. To the westward there are two 

 large sections; the former of which is denominated the division of the 

 Kali and Sheri, and also the Kdli-pdr division : the latter is called the 

 section of the Kali and Marsydngdi, and it is also known as the Manjli- 

 kJiand circuit. 



Two Sichdris, acting together, preside over each of the greater 

 divisions above laid down. Their courts are frequently ambulatory, but 

 there are fixed judicial residences for them. In the greater eastern divi- 

 sion there are two, one at Mdnjli-hluuid, the other at CJiayanpur. To 

 the westward there are four : — two for the Knli-pdr arrondissement, at 

 Sdglung-chour and at Seni, and two for the Mdnjh-khand, at PoTchara 

 and at TdrM. 



The administrators of the Tardi, or low lands, appoint their own judi- 

 cial authority (called Faujddr), who transacts with other business the 

 administration of justice upon the old Moghel model. The Faujddr' s 

 appointment must be ratified by the Darhdr. 



For all the Tardi there are six Suhahs or general administrators ; 

 and under each Suhah, sometimes two, sometimes one, Faujddr. 



For the division of Morang, there are one Suhah and two Faujddrs ; 



for Sahtari-Mohotari, the same number ; for Sara Parsa, the same ; for 



Routahat, one Suhah and one Faujddr ; for Chitivan-BUvan, the same ; for 



Botivdl, the same; for the Doti-Tardi, one Faujddr; for Sallidna^ the 



same. Each of the above divisions is independent of the rest. 



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