Sacked me if I am incapable : SC judge

A new system of appointing judges and terminating incompetent judges should be brought into effect, said Supreme Court judge Anup Raj Sharma on Sunday. An interim constitution, according to him, is a necessity which should incorporate the concept of a free and fair judicial system.

"The new system should appoint new judges and incompetent judges should be terminated. I should be sacked if I am incapable," he said, pointing out that there are still some judges who have been serving since the Panchayat days. The interim constitution is necessary and discussions concerning its relevance are totally uncalled for, he said.

Political leaders, however, expressed concern that the drafting of the interim constitution was being done in haste without much discussion. "Ideally, it is not the peace talk teams' job to decide on an interim constitution without it being discussed in the Parliament," said MP Narayan Prasad Saud of Nepali Congress (Democratic). "We should go in for a new Constitution once the political problems are resolved," he said at a programme titled "Interim Constitution and Judiciary" and organised by the Appellate Court Bar Association, Patan here. The new constitution should also specify the monarchy's role, he added.