Rajendra Kumar Acharya

Rajendra Kumar Acharya, (राजेन्‍द्रकुमार आचार्य) is a district judge and former Director of Judgement Execution Directorate, Supreme Court of Nepal.

Acharya was born on 1 October 1969 in Arghakhanchi.

He has completed his PhD from Allahabad University in the Law of Tort.

Two youths leaked a video of sexual assaulting a girl in a hotel.

Acharya ordered the central government to remove the leaked pictures and videos from social media and take action against those posting such material as well as to ban such sites.

The accused were later sentenced for seven years jail term and slapped a fine of Rs 200,000 each.

Acharya sentenced a woman to a jail term of three and a half years in charge of falsely claiming that she was raped and defaming her colleague.

Acharya issued an interim protective order for the rehabilitation of a domestic violence victim.

He ordered that the woman along with her two sons should be allowed to stay in her home and be spared from any physical and verbal abuse.

In another case, Acharya sentenced the husband's family to six months imprisonment, fine along with compensation for the physical assault and inhuman treatment to a woman.

In 2017 legislative election, Acharya complained Election Commission seeking to ban three European Union observers from monitoring the upcoming provincial and parliamentary polls in violation of the election code of conduct.

The observers went to Kanchanpur District Court, without any prior permission, to enquire about human resources available in the court, which was beyond their jurisdiction.

Later, Election Commission barred the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) observers from monitoring the election.