(1) The judge should decide the case within one month after the conclusion of the evidence in the case.
(2) If a decision cannot be made within the period as per sub-section (1), the reason for that should be reported to the court hearing the open appeal.
(3) While deciding according to this section, the following matters shall also be mentioned and it shall be done in the format according to Schedule-43:-
(a) brief description of the case and necessary matters related thereto,
(b) If the case has been argued by any legal practitioner, the main main point of such argument,
(c) the evidence presented by the parties to the case, the credibility or rebutability of that evidence, its basis, sufficiency or insufficiency of the evidence,
(d) Matters relating to any legal question raised by any party in the case,
(e) the grounds for conviction or not and the reason thereof,
(f) Appellate or non-appealable and Court to which appeal should be made,
(G) Other essentials.
(4) When making a decision according to this section, if the full text of his decision has been prepared, the judge may only pronounce the full text of his decision, and if not, only his decision.
(5) In the case that only a decision has been pronounced in accordance with sub-section (4), the judge shall keep a brief description of such decision in the opinion book and keep it for the parties present in the case. But in the case where Nepal government is the plaintiff, the government lawyer is not required to get a stamp.
(6) The judge shall attach the written decision within twenty one working days for delivering the decision according to sub-section (5). Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-section, "judgment passed" means a decision passed after fixing the punishment.
(6a) The judgment prepared according to sub-section (6) must be signed and certified by the judge, mentioning the date of the judgment and the date on which the judgment was prepared.
(7) If the pleadings are not filed within the period as per sub-section (6), within three days of the expiry of such period, the concerned party shall, in the case of the judgment of the High Court and Subordinate Court, before the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court and in the case of the judgment of the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice.He can appeal before the judge.
(8) In case of a complaint as per sub-section (7), the concerned chief judge or chief judge shall give instructions to the concerned judge to prepare a judgment within one week.
(9) The decision according to sub-section (5) shall be posted by the court as soon as possible on its website.
(10) The court should post the details of the judgments prepared and certified every week on the notice board of the court and also put it on its website.