Nepali Language and Legal Drafting
What this domain tests
This domain tests Nepali language competence applied to legal writing: spelling and grammar, formal register, and the drafting of pleadings, applications, orders and judgments in standard Nepali.
Core rules
- Correctness: शब्दशुद्धि (spelling), कारक र विभक्ति (case endings), समास, सन्धि and consistent tense. A single wrong विभक्ति can change who is alleged to have done what.
- Party labels: use निवेदक/वादी/प्रतिवादी/प्रत्यर्थी accurately and consistently from the first paragraph to the last.
- Structure: a pleading states पक्ष परिचय, तथ्य, व्यहोरा, प्रार्थना and दिनांक; a judgment states मुद्दाको तथ्य, विवादको बुँदा, राय र ठहर.
- Precision: one meaning per sentence; no vague directions; amounts in figures and words; dates in Bikram Sambat where required.
- Register: formal legal Nepali, avoiding colloquialisms and unnecessary English borrowing where a settled Nepali term exists.
Worked example
An order reads: निवेदनउपर आवश्यक कारबाही गर्नु. The direction is unenforceable because it names no action, no time and no authority. A drafted version specifies: निवेदकको निवेदनमा उल्लिखित प्रमाणपत्र ७ दिनभित्र पेस गर्न आदेश गरिएको छ - it identifies the act, the deadline and the consequence.
Traps that cost marks
Inconsistent party labels; mixing तत्सम and आगन्तुक spellings; ambiguous pronouns; writing arguments inside the facts section; omitting the प्रार्थना so the relief cannot be granted.