Kathmandu, June 14: The Judicial Council has recommended the names of six Justices including Acting Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli for the post of Chief Justice.
The Council meeting held Tuesday recommended the names as Gopal Parajuli, Dipak Raj Joshi, Om Prakash Mishra, Devendra Gopal Shrestha, Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and Jagdish Sharma Poudel, to the Constitutional Council’s Secretariat, said Secretary at Judicial Council, Nahakul Subedi
Similarly, the Judicial Council recommended five judges on deputation to various high courts. As per the recommendation, Binod Sharma from Butwal bench of Tulsipur High Court is deputed to Hetauda bench of Patan High Court; while Raj Kumar Ban of Rajbiraj bench of Janakpur High Court to Okhaldhunga bench of Biratnagar High Court; Rishi Ram Dawadi of Bigunj bench of Janakpur High Court to Okhaldhunga bench of Biratnagar High Court; Janak Pande of Surkhet High Court to Dhankuta bench of Biratnagar High Court, Gokarna Dangi of Dhankuta bench of Biratnagar High Court to Surkhet High Court.
In order to pave the way for Acting Chief Justice Prarajuli to become Chief Justice, the Judicial Council meeting also decided to establish his date of birth as April 28, 1993 on the basis of the verdict of Supreme Court in this regard and report it to the Constitutional Council. With this in place, he will serve for 11 months once he becomes Chief Justice.
So far, a total of 219 complaints have been filed at Judicial Council Secretariat against judges at the high court and district courts. Of them, 60 have been settled by Judicial Council while of the remaining 159 cases, the meeting decided to put 93 on hold based on the report submitted after studying and investigating the cases. RSS












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