Confusion Prevails Over CJ Appointment Kathmandu, July 21-Though incumbent Chief Justice Hari Prasad Sharma is retiring on July 29, confusion still prevails over how to appoint next chief justice, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Niranjan Kumar Thapa said today."There is no clear-cut way for appointing next Chief Justice," Thapa told this daily. "Though I am an ex-officio member of the Constitutional Council (that has to select the Chief Justice), nobody has informed me about the meeting," he said.Speaker of the House of Representatives Tara Nath Ranabhat has already said that there is no way but to designate an acting Chief Justice as per Article 87(4) of the Constitution.Rababhat, another ex-officio member of the Constitutional Council, also said neither the King can activate Article 127 nor the Constitutional Council can hold a meeting without its Chairman (Prime Minister) to recommend CJ's name to the King.

Back to Home