9.2 The Five Prescribed Cases

(1) Man Bahadur Limbu v. Gajlal Limbu (D.N. 814, NKP 2031) Citation (as prescribed): Decision No. 814, Nepal Kanoon Patrika, 2031 B.S. (1974/75 A.D.). The era's court: the pre-2047 Constitution Supreme Court — the 2015-and-2019-Ain era's jurisprudence; the early-1970s interpretive practice (the literal-and-textual craft dominant; the structured-constitution era not yet begun). The study-frame: an early-2030s decision — the questions of that vintage: the meaning of statutory-and-Ain terms in civil-and-property disputes (the land-reform-and-tenancy legislation's interpretive wave; the general-and-technical words' construction; the Ain's provisions' application to family-and-property questions). The case's craft to extract from the NKP: which words were in dispute, which rule (literal/mischief/context) the court applied, and the holding's interpretive logic. What to extract for the exam: the interpretive technique (the era's textual discipline) + the court's treatment of the Ain's language (the pre-code statutory craft — the 2010 B.S. Interpretation Act's definitions' possible use). (2) Kanchha Prajapati v. Nhuchche Kumar Prajapati et al. (D.N. 4350, NKP 2048) Citation (as prescribed): Decision No. 4350, Nepal Kanoon Patrika, 2048 B.S. (1991/92 A.D.). The era's court: the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 2047's first years — the new constitutional court's early jurisprudence (the writ jurisdiction's opening era; the rights-and- remedies' fresh architecture). The study-frame: a multi-party case (the "et al.") of the early-1990s — the questions of that vintage: the transitional interpretations…