Supreme Court Steps In to Ease Banking Woes Over Mandatory NID
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued an order preventing Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) from making the National Identity Card (NID) or its number the sole and mandatory basis for identifying citizens when opening or updating bank accounts.Hearing a writ petition challenging the central bank’s provision, a joint bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Meghraj Pokharel issued a writ of certiorari, partially quashing the relevant provision of NRB’s Integrated Directive, 2082.“To the
