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Even now, in the shadow of Nepal’s mountains and across its southern plains, a quiet injustice plays out every month. Girls and women, for no fault of their own, are told to leave their homes not because they are sick, not because they are dangerous, but simply because they are menstruating. The practice is called Chhaupadi . And despite being banned, it hasn’t vanished. It’s not a story from the past; for many, it’s still painfully part of the present. Women are banished to sheds or cowsheds during their periods, left to brave cold nights, snake bites, hunger, and sometimes even death. Though criminalized under Nepalese law, the practice survives. And this isn’t just about being sent outside the house. It’s about something deeper, the belief that menstruation somehow taints a woman, making her presence unwelcome and her touch feared. The idea isn’t limited to remote corners of Nepal. All around the world, in different names and rituals, the same message echoes: that a girl’s biology i...

  LEGISLATION AS A SOURCE OF LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF NEPAL Background The term ‘ Legislation ’ is derived from the Latin words ‘ Legis ’ a law and ‘ Latum ’  meaning ‘make’, ‘put’, and ‘set’. Thus etymologically, legislation means making or  setting the law. Broadly , this term is used in three senses:  Firstly , in its broadest sense, it includes all  methods of law-making. In this sense, legislation includes  judge-made rules of law, and  even the particular rules of law or the rights created at law between parties  to contract.  In the second sense, the legislation includes every expression of the will of the legislature,  whether directed to the making of law or not. In this sense, every act of the legislature is  an instance of legislation, irrespective of its purpose and effect. The legislature does not  confine its action to the making of law, yet all its functions are included within the term  ‘legislation’, for exa...