Editorial & Legal Review Policy

1. Purpose & Editorial Mission

MeroAdalat is published by Mero Adalat Law Associates Pvt. Ltd. (Reg. No. 370552/82/83), a registered legal firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Our mission is to provide clear, reliable, and practically actionable legal information to citizens, Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs), foreign nationals, and business owners navigating the Nepalese legal system.

Because legal matters directly affect personal liberty, marriage, property, and constitutional rights in Nepal, our editorial standards prioritize statutory accuracy and verified jurisprudence over quick publishing or clickbait.

2. Primary Source Verification Standards

Legal claims should be checked against the relevant primary sources, including:

• Official Acts & Codes: Texts published by the Nepal Law Commission and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Check the applicable version, amendments and commencement provisions.
• Judicial Precedents: Landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of Nepal reported in the Nepal Kanoon Patrika (NKP) and official court bulletins.
• Government Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra): Official notifications, statutory amendments, fee updates, and ministry directives.

Secondary articles and automated summaries should not replace the underlying law, judgment or official instruction. Draft bills, consultation papers and research reports must be distinguished from legislation in force. If a source is unavailable or an amendment's status is unclear, the uncertainty should be stated.

3. Authorship & Legal Review Hierarchy

We believe in complete transparency regarding who researched each article and who verified its legal soundness:

• Author Attribution: Article bylines identify the writer and link to their profile. A contributor should not be described as an advocate unless that qualification is established.
• Separate Legal Review: An advocate review should identify the reviewer, review date and scope when supported by a review record. Advocate Keshar Bahadur Dahal (Nepal Bar Council Registration No. 21858) leads the practice; that role does not imply that he has separately reviewed every article.
• Honest Attribution: "Written by" identifies authorship. A profile, licence number, source link or update date is not a substitute for evidence of substantive legal review. Where a separate review is not documented, readers should not assume one has occurred.

4. Content Currency & Date Transparency

Laws, court filing fees, and administrative procedures evolve. To prevent misleading readers with obsolete information:

• Article update dates describe content revisions; they are not legal-review dates. Republishing, migration or formatting alone should not be presented as a new substantive review.
• Changes to statutes, court fees, deadlines or administrative instructions should prompt a review of the affected guidance. A historical source-check date does not establish that every later amendment has been assessed.

5. Non-Legal Advice Boundary

Online information cannot replace legal advice tailored to the facts, evidence, applicable law and receiving authority. Articles may be written by advocates or other named contributors; consult the byline and any documented review information on the particular article.

Articles on MeroAdalat provide public legal information and education. Accessing or reading our articles does not create a formal advocate-client relationship. Clients requiring court representation, petition drafting, or case assessment are encouraged to book a formal consultation with a licensed advocate.

6. Corrections & Feedback Protocol

If you identify a statutory inaccuracy, outdated court fee, or broken legal reference in any of our guides, we encourage prompt reporting.

Please include the article URL, the statement in question and any relevant official source when reporting a correction. Substantive corrections should be recorded with an appropriate update date. Do not send confidential case documents through public comments.