CIAA’s conviction rate in Nepal falls to 51.92% — Kathmandu Post
In Nepal, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) received 40,542 complaints about possible violations in the 2025–2026 fiscal year. The conviction rate in cases heard by the Special Court fell to 51.92%, compared with 52.67% a year earlier and 65.24% in the 2023–2024 fiscal year, Kathmandu Post reports.
During the year, the CIAA filed 156 cases with the Special Court, and in 81 of them the court upheld the charges brought by the commission. The commission also appealed 104 Special Court decisions to the Supreme Court and filed three review petitions. The CIAA investigates, among other things, cases involving corruption, illicit enrichment, forged academic certificates and bribery.
Claims worth 5.24 billion rupees
In cases filed during the fiscal year, the commission sought compensation for damages amounting to 5.24 billion Nepalese rupees. They involved 990 defendants: 145 women, 801 men and 44 organisations. The largest number of cases — 56 — concerned the loss or improper use of public property.
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Former CIAA chief commissioner Suryanath Upadhyay said the lower rate indicates a need to strengthen investigations and collect evidence more thoroughly before filing cases in court. Public administration researcher Dipesh Ghimire linked the result to the commission’s expertise, investigative methods and the capacity of its investigators. According to him, some cases may have reached court without sufficiently thorough investigations.
Complaints against local and federal authorities
In the previous fiscal year, the CIAA received 37,026 complaints. The largest number of complaints concerned local authorities — 20,025. Among the ten local units with the highest number of complaints, Kathmandu Metropolitan City ranked first, with 441 complaints filed against it.
Among federal bodies, the largest number of complaints — 3,036 — concerned the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration. This accounted for more than 19% of the 15,512 complaints registered against federal government institutions during the year.
