King sacks three judges

Kathmandu , March 19 - King Gyanendra on Friday sacked three district judges on charges of "incompetence." The three are Ganesh Panjiyar, Chitra Dev Joshi and Kedar Pyakurel. According to sources, the king took the action against the judges as per the recommendation of the Judicial Council (JC). JC sources said that they were found incompetent while passing verdicts in different cases. But a source told that Judge Joshi was removed from his post for a "political speech" publicly criticizing the king's rule last year.