KATHMANDU, March 14 -- A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding legal recognition of the live-in relationship.

Advocate Anu Bhattarai has filed the petition at the SC demanding an immediate legal arrangement so that competent and qualified people can stay together in a live-in relationship.

There is no law related to a live-in relationship in Nepal so far. However, as the number of people in live-in relationships in the city is increasing, advocate Bhattarai has filed a writ petition demanding that a law be made to manage it, stating that various problems have appeared.

According to Bhattarai, laws are necessary to reduce the cases of coercion, relationship issues, etc., and to end the practice of treating sex...