Chief Justice of Nepal explained

Post:Chief Justice
Body:Nepal
Insignia:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Nepal
Flag:Flag of Nepal.svg
Flagsize:100
Flagcaption:Flag of Nepal
Incumbent:Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha
Acting:no
Incumbentsince:22 August 2023
Style:The Right Honourable
Appointer:Presidential nomination with confirmation from parliament
Termlength:6 years[1]
Formation:10 August 1951
Inaugural:Hari Prasad Pradhan
Salary:NPR 88,950[2]
Website:Supreme Court of Nepal
Native Name:नेपालका प्रधान न्यायाधीश

The chief justice of Nepal (Nepali: प्रधान न्यायाधीश) is the head of the judicial branch of Nepal and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal. The chief justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system. It is the fourth highest rank on the Order of precedence in Nepal.

The current chief justice is Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha, who assumed office on 22 August 2023.[3] [4]

List of chief justices

No.Name Term startTerm endAppointed by
1Hari Prasad Pradhan10 August 195120 May 1956King Tribhuvan
2Anirudra Prasad Singh21 May 195629 June 1959King Mahendra
(1)Hari Prasad Pradhan14 December 196115 December 1963
3Bhagwati Prashad Singh9 April 196410 July 1970
4Ratna Bahadur Bista26 July 19706 August 1976
5Nayan Bahadur Khatri8 December 197610 December 1985King Birendra
6Dhanendra Bahadur Singh11 December 19857 August 1991
7Bishwonath Upadhyaya8 August 199125 September 1995
8Surendra Prasad Singh26 September 199514 February 1997
9Trilok Pratap Rana15 February 199716 September 1997
10Om Bhakta Shrestha22 September 199712 April 1998
11Mohan Prasad Sharma13 April 199815 December 1999
12Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya16 December 19995 December 2002
13Kedar Nath Upadhyay6 December 200221 January 2004King Gyanendra
14Govinda Bahadur Shrestha22 January 200413 January 2005
15Hari Prasad Sharma14 January 200529 July 2005
16Dilip Kumar Poudel31 July 20058 September 2007
17Kedar Prasad Giri5 October 20077 May 2009Girija Prasad Koirala
18Min Bahadur Rayamajhi8 May 200910 February 2010Ram Baran Yadav
19Anup Raj Sharma11 February 201025 March 2010
20Ram Prasad Shrestha26 March 20105 May 2011
21Khil Raj Regmi6 May 201111 February 2014
22Damodar Prasad Sharma11 April 20149 October 2014
23Ram Kumar Shah10 October 20147 July 2015
24Kalyan Shrestha[5] 8 July 201512 April 2016
25Sushila Karki11 July 20169 June 2017Bidya Devi Bhandari
26Gopal Prasad Parajuli9 June 201714 March 2018
27Om Prakash Mishra5 August 20181 January 2019
28Cholendra Shumser JBR2 January 201913 December 2022
29Hari Krishna Karki16 June 20234 August 2023Ram Chandra Paudel
30Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha22 August 2023Present
Source: [6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitution of Nepal 2015. 2015. Peace Agreements. 10 September 2019.
  2. Web site: 7 September 2021. Know how much a minister, an MP and other high officials earn in Nepal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907111556/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/know-how-much-a-minister-an-mp-and-other-high-officials-earn-in-nepal.html. 7 September 2021. 7 September 2021. Online Khabar. en-GB.
  3. Web site: President administers oath to newly appointed Chief Justice Shrestha . 2023-08-27 . kathmandupost.com . English.
  4. Web site: प्रधानन्यायाधीश श्रेष्ठले लिए शपथ . 2023-08-27 . ekantipur.com . ne.
  5. Web site: PHSC endorses Kalyan Shrestha as new Chief Justice. My Republica. 29 June 2015.
  6. Web site: SUPREME COURT (RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICES) . 19 February 2012 . Supreme Court of Nepal.
  7. Web site: JUSTICES . 19 February 2012 . Supreme Court of Nepal.

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