Category: Law

For the first time, in my reading news from around the world, I was much happier to learn a chief justice attending inaugural function of military branch of government. And this is from the newest ‘mock’ democracy called Bhutan. On April, Mr Sonam Tobgye paid courtesy call to IMTART,...

The notion of the popular niche for democracy – by the people, for the people and of the people – is that the people should guide a democratic process for its longevity and sustenance. As we move on to an open and liberal society, individualism gets highest priority. Every...

The rulers said, country is opening out to be a democratic nation and rights of the citizens are secured in Bhutan as a democratic society governed by laws and rules. One more insincerity of the regimes has surfaced with the publicizing of the secondary examinations results, against its commitments....

Some time ago, the election commission had published a list of national graduates. The list came to public after complaints from the contesting NC members who were declared disqualified by the commission. Enthusiastically, I went through the list but could not find the name of Mr Kinzang Wangdi himself....

By Tashi Wangmo in Bhutan Observer weekly Bhutan: After the Election Commission rejected the application to register as a political party and disqualified them on 27 November, the Bhutan People’s United Party (BPUP) is standing on a loose ground. Yesterday, the BPUP appealed to the ECB through a letter...

While the Interim Constitution Drafting Committee that comprises of representatives from almost all sectors seems to be facing some setbacks in making public the much-awaited draft of the interim constitution despite hectic preparations, central committee member of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) advocate Tikaram Bhattarai has suggested what he...