Section 9: Status of parties to be equal

1) In proceeding, hearing and adjudicating a case, the status of the parties to the case shall be equal.

2) The court shall accord equal treatment to each party to a case.

3) If, in the course of the proceedings of a case, the Government of Nepal or anybody thereof or any legal person appears before the court as a plaintiff or defendant, except as otherwise provided for in law or ordered by the court, the Government of Nepal, such a body or a person shall not be entitled to claim any separate status, facility, privilege, immunity or exemption in the course of such proceedings.