Constitutional Council recommends Raut for Chief Justice The tenure of the current Chief Justice, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, is set to end on October 15. Kathmandu 16 Sep, 2024
Senior most justice Shrestha takes leadership at SC Shrestha will head judiciary till October 2024. Kathmandu 06 Aug, 2023
BP Shrestha recommended for post of CJ ​​​​​​​The Constitutional Council has recommended senior most Justice of the Supreme Court Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha for the post of chief justice. The Constitutional Council kept up the tradition of recommending the senior most justice as the new CJ. Kathmandu 04 Aug, 2023
Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha appointed as Chief Justice The Constitutional Council has recommended senior most Justice at Supreme Court, Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha as the new Chief Justice. Kathmandu 03 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: CC must act fast Incumbent Chief Justice (CJ) Hari Krishna Karki is going to retire from office on August 5 after leading the Judiciary for only 50 days. Opinion 02 Aug, 2023
Oli throws spanner in CJ appointment ​​​​​​​A meeting of the Constitutional Council failed to nominate the next chief justice as leader of opposition KP Sharma Oli argued that candidates should be nominated for all the vacant posts in the constitutional bodies, including that of auditor general. Kathmandu 02 Aug, 2023
Writ against Koshi govt now under full bench ​​​​​​​The writ petition challenging the legitimacy of Koshi Province government will now be heard by the full bench of the Supreme Court. Nepal 25 Jul, 2023
Scuffle grows into bench vs bar row ​​​​​​​A scuffle that broke out between Lalitpur District Court employee Premika Tamang and lawyer Amir Lamichhane on June 28 snowballed into a fight between the bar and bench, especially the cadre judges of the Supreme Court. Kathmandu 04 Jul, 2023
NBA on war path over CJ appointment Nepal Bar Association staged a sit-in on the premises of the Supreme Court today demanding immediate appointment of chief justice. Nepal 01 May, 2023
Big 3 reach understanding on TRC Bill The big three political parties — Nepali Congress, CPN- UML and CPN-MC have reached understanding on the Truth and Reconciliation Bill and the leadership of Parliamentary committees. Nepal 25 Apr, 2023
CC meeting fails to nominate CJ A meeting of the Constitutional Council held today to nominate the new chief justice failed to do so due to divergence of views between the government and leader of Opposition KP Sharma Oli. Nepal 20 Apr, 2023
Big 3 parties agree to expedite CJ appointment The three major parties have agreed to call the Constitutional Council meeting soon and nominate the chief justice. Nepal 18 Apr, 2023
