Judges appointed; transferred

The King has, in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal-1990 and on the recommendation of the Judicial Council, appointed the judges of different Appellate Courts to the post of the Chief Judge of the Appellate Courts, and also assigned other judges to their posts.
The King has appointed Judge at the Appellate Court, Butwal, Govinda Prasad Parajuli the Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Hetauda; Judge at the Appellate Court, Butwal, Prem Prasad Sharma the Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Janakpur; and Judge at the Appellate Court, Patan, Rana Bahadur Bom Chief Judge at the same Court.

The King has appointed and also posted Judge at the Appellate Court, Mahendra Nagar, Yam Narayan Dhital to the post of Chief Judge of the same Court; Judge at the Appellate Court, Janakpur, Mohan Prakash Sitaula to the post of the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, Butwal; and Judge at the Appellate Court, Hetauda, Abadhesh Kumar Yadav to the post of the Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Tulsipur.

Similarly, the King has appointed and posted Judge at the Appellate Court, Patan, Girish Chandra Lal to the post of the Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Dipayal; Judge at the Appellate Court, Patan, Baidhya Nath Upadhyaya to the post of Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Rajbiraj; Judge at the Appellate Court, Rajbiraj, Tarka Raj Bhatta to the post of Chief Judge at the Appellate Court, Jumla; and Judge at the Appellate Court, Surkhet, Ramji Prasad Tripathi to the post of the Chief Judge of the same Court.

Meanwhile, some Chief Judges of the Appellate Courts were also transferred to different Appellate Courts.

Accordingly, Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Rajbiraj, Damodar Prasad Sharma, who was appointed to the post of temporary Justice of the Supreme Court, has been posted as the Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Ilam; Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Nepalgunj, Ram Kumar Prasad Shah who was appointed to the post of temporary Justice of the Supreme Court, has been posted as the Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Dhankuta and Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Jumla, Kalyan Shrestha, who was also appointed temporary Justice of the Supreme Court has been posted as the Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Pokhara.

Likewise, Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Hetauda, Krishna Prasad Upadhyaya has been transferred to the post of Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Nepalgunj and the Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Janakpur, Dipendra Upadhyaya the Chief Judge of Appellate Court, Baglung.
The appointment and transfers comes at a time when the Nepal Bar Association is protesting against the recent appointment of ad-hoc justices of the Supreme Court.