Infertility

Justices Kedar Prasad Giri, Khil Raj Regmi and Sharada Shrestha passed the verdict in response to a one-year old public interest litigation filed by advocates Mira Dhungana and Shree Dhar Parajuli on behalf of FWLD, an NGO.

The court also ordered the government to promulgate an equal law on the husband and wife relation in the Civil Code.

As per the provision, a married man can seek divorce after 10 years of marriage if a government medical board proves his wife's With the court declaring the provision ultra vires, the provision in the country code has become ineffective from now on.

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