After the fires during the Gen-Z protests in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Supreme Court has made significant progress in recovering lost case files. So far, more than 19,000 files have been collected again.

According to court official Nirajan Pandey, a total of 19,102 case files have been recovered. Out of these, about 3,366 files came from the Office of the Attorney General, while over 15,000 files were returned by the public.

To encourage people, the court has been giving thank-you letters to those who return files. This has helped speed up the recovery effort.

After the incident, the Supreme Court introduced special guidelines to collect and verify the destroyed documents. A committee formed under these rules has already verified around 10,000 files, and work is still ongoing.

Before the protests, there were about 24,000 active case files in the Supreme Court. More than 20,000 were completely destroyed in the fires, although some files were saved.

The damage was not limited to the Supreme Court. Courts across the country, including high courts and district courts, were also affected. The loss of thousands of files has had a serious impact on the justice system.

The violence happened on September 23 and 24, when protests in Kathmandu turned destructive. Buildings like the Supreme Court, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Nepal Bar Association were set on fire.

Since then, the courts have arranged alternative systems and are gradually returning to normal operations. Work to recover and manage lost files is still ongoing across the country.