Kathmandu, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court has overturned its administration's decision to refuse to register a writ petition from insurgency victims, who have challenged appointments to the two transitional justice (TJ) commissions and sought the scrapping of various provisions in the transitional justice law.

After studying the petition for three days, the top court's registrar, Man Bahadur Karki, had refused to register it on Thursday, stating that there was no evidence to show how the appointments to the commissions had infringed on the fundamental and legal rights of the conflict victims.

"The petition, which raises issues relating to the annulment of the appointment of commission officials and the right to information, cannot be regi...