District Court Judges Appointed

Taking away the King's authority to appoint judges, Chief Justice (CJ) Dilip Kumar Paudel on Friday appointed 51 district court judges and transferred 83 judges on the recommendation of the Judicial Council.

According to a press release issued by the joint registrar of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice appointed the judges as per Article 91 of the Constitution of 1990.

Neither did the Judicial Council recommend the appointments to the royal palace, nor did the CJ sought the King's consent on the matter.

This is the first time that the Chief Justice exercised the power to appoint a judge. Earlier , the King used to appoint the judges.

The Chief Justice appointed 33 court officials, 12 government attorneys and six officials of the Law Ministry as judges of the district courts.

Government attornies Lekhnath Dhakal, Narayan Prasad Shrestha, Kul Prasad Sharma, Narayan Prasad Pokhrel, Sudarshan Pandey and court officials Bal Mukunda Dawadi, Kiran Pokhrel, Shyam Lawati, and Bishnu Koirala were appointed as the judges.