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Sushila Karki. Sushila Karki (Nepali: सुशीला कार्की) (born 7 June 1952 in Biratnagar) is a Nepalese jurist. She is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal and the only woman to have held the post. Karki became Chief Justice on 11 July 2016. The Constitutional Council headed by the Prime Minister KP Oli ...
This is a list of judges of the Supreme Court of Nepal, the highest court in Nepal. The list is ordered according to seniority. There are currently 17 judges (including the chief justice), with the maximum possible number being 21. As per the Constitution of Nepal, judges of the Supreme Court must take a mandatory retirement aged 65.
The chief justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system. It is the fourth highest rank on the Order of precedence in Nepal. The current chief justice is Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha, who assumed office on 22 August 2023. [3][4]
The Supreme Court is composed of a Chief Justice and twenty Judges (Justice). The Supreme Court was formed in 2013 BS (1956 AD). The first Chief Justice of Nepal was Hari Prasad Pradhan. [citation needed] Judges of the Supreme Court hold their office till the age of sixty-five.
Born. ( 1958-08-04) August 4, 1958 (age 65) Okhaldhunga, Nepal. Hari Krishna Karki ( Nepali: हरिकृष्ण कार्की) is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal. He had been appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council of Nepal. He was administered the oath of the chief justice ...
The politics of Nepal functions within the framework of a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. [1] Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and their cabinet, while legislative power is vested in the Parliament. The Governing Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal (UML) have been the main rivals of each other since ...
Cholendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: चोलेन्द्र शम्शेर ज.ब.रा.) is a former chief justice of Nepal. He is the 29th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal. [1] He has been appointed by President on the recommendation of Constitutional Council of Nepal and oathed by Bidhya Devi Bhandari ...
The Nepali Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the then Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw countrywide fighting between the Kingdom rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), with the latter making significant use of guerrilla warfare. [11] The conflict began on 13 February 1996, when the CPN (Maoist ...