Kathmandu, June 21 -- After nearly four years of legal proceedings, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of removing tax on sanitary pads.

On Wednesday, a bench comprising justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Mahesh Sharma Poudel issued the decision in response to a writ petition by two law students, Shreena Nepal and Abhyuday Bhetwal.

The duo had petitioned the court to eliminate the tax on sanitary pads, arguing for their classification as essential goods rather than luxury items.

Nepal and Bhetwal, both students at the Kathmandu School of Law, filed the writ petition on August 10, 2021, demanding that menstrual products be exempt from taxation.

During the initial hearing on August 12, the court directed them to collect written response...