Parliamentary hearing for proposed CJ Shrestha on Tuesday

KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) is all set to conduct the hearing of senior most judge of Supreme Court (SC) Kalyan Shrestha, who has been recommended for the post of the next Chief Justice, on Tuesday.

A meeting of the committee held today made the decision to that effect, Kul Bahadur Gurung, Chairman of the Committee informed.

Senior most judge Shrestha was recommended to the post of Chief Justice by Constitutional Council on June 9. The incumbent Chief Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Sah is retiring on July 8.

Earlier on June 26, the PHSC had decided to conduct the hearing today.

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