Nepal Chief Justice

Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has refused to resign from his post amidst allegations that he helped his brother-in-law secure a berth in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet, triggering an unusual judicial crisis.

A Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana will hear on Friday all petitions challenging Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's move to abruptly dissolve Parliament, amid an intensified struggle between the two warring factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party to wrest control of the party.

Nepal's powerful judicial council has removed the country's Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli for holding office despite crossing the retirement age. Today's decision of the Himalayan nation's judicial council to remove Chief Justice Parajuli came minutes before he administered the oath of office to Bidya Bhandari, who was re-elected President for a sec...

Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday blocked the government's attempt to impeach the chief justice, a move that had prompted concerns the ruling coalition was seeking to undermine judicial independence.

Nepal's first female chief justice has been suspended after the government filed a motion to impeach her, triggering protests within the fragile ruling coalition.

Nepal's first woman acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki has assumed office, months after the country got its first woman President and Speaker.

Sushila Karki became the first female acting Chief Justice of Nepal's Supreme Court today, ending the male domination of top posts in the judiciary.

After its first woman president and speaker, Nepal is set to get its first woman chief justice.

A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has endorsed the decision by Nepal's four major political parties to form an election government, paving the way for Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi to be sworn-in as the country's new leader on Thursday.

Nepal's major political parties have agreed to form an interim government led by the Supreme Court chief justice and hold elections in June, likely ending a deadlock that left the nation without a fully functioning government since last year.

Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has refused to resign from his post amidst allegations that he helped his brother-in-law secure a berth in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet, triggering an unusual judicial crisis.

A Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana will hear on Friday all petitions challenging Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's move to abruptly dissolve Parliament, amid an intensified struggle between the two warring factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party to wrest control of the party.

Nepal's powerful judicial council has removed the country's Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli for holding office despite crossing the retirement age. Today's decision of the Himalayan nation's judicial council to remove Chief Justice Parajuli came minutes before he administered the oath of office to Bidya Bhandari, who was re-elected President for a sec...

Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday blocked the government's attempt to impeach the chief justice, a move that had prompted concerns the ruling coalition was seeking to undermine judicial independence.

Nepal's first female chief justice has been suspended after the government filed a motion to impeach her, triggering protests within the fragile ruling coalition.

Nepal's first woman acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki has assumed office, months after the country got its first woman President and Speaker.

Sushila Karki became the first female acting Chief Justice of Nepal's Supreme Court today, ending the male domination of top posts in the judiciary.

After its first woman president and speaker, Nepal is set to get its first woman chief justice.

A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has endorsed the decision by Nepal's four major political parties to form an election government, paving the way for Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi to be sworn-in as the country's new leader on Thursday.

Nepal's major political parties have agreed to form an interim government led by the Supreme Court chief justice and hold elections in June, likely ending a deadlock that left the nation without a fully functioning government since last year.