IN BRIEF

Kathmandu, Sept 15

CJ appoints judges

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Dilip Kumar Poudel has appointed four chief judges and an acting chief judge five Appellate Courts as justices of the Supreme Court for a two-year term on the recommendation of the judicial council.

Those appointed are: Chief Judges of the Appellate Courts of Patan, Rajbiraj, Nepalgunj and Jumla, Tapa Bahadur Magar, Damodar Prasad Sharma, Ram Kumar Prasad Shah and Kalyan Shrestha respectively and acting chief judge of the Appellate Court of Pokhara Mrs. Gauri Dhakal.

According to the Supreme Court, their recommendations were made by the Judicial Council on the basis of their performance evaluations.

RCCC instructs for stern departmental action

After its long investigation on the alleged irregularities in the procurement of vaccine of Japanese Encephalitis, the Royal Commission for Control of Corruption (RCCC) has come to a conclusion to instruct the government to take severe departmental action against those involved in the irregularities.

According to sources at the Commission, several senior officials are involved in the irregularities for delaying the procurement of the vaccine for JE for one year that led to the death of hundreds of people and thousands others suffered in several districts of the Terai and Inner Terai regions.