Honorific Prefix: | Former Hon'ble |
Nayan Bahadur Khatri | |
Office: | 6th in Chief Justice of Nepal |
Term Start: | 8 December 1976 |
Term End: | 10 December 1985 |
Appointer: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev |
Predecessor: | Ratna Bahadur Bista |
Successor: | Dhanendra Bahadur Singh |
Death Date: | 24 May 2019 (aged 99) |
Death Place: | Bhainsepati, Lalitpur |
Country: | Nepal |
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Nayan Bahadur Khatri (died 24 May 2019) was a Nepalese judge who served as 6th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 8 December 1976 to 10 December 1985.[1] He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra. He was the longest serving Chief Justice of Nepal.[2]
Khatri was preceded by Ratna Bahadur Bista and succeeded by Dhanendra Bahadur Singh.[3] He also served as an ambassador to China from 1986 to 1990.
He died on May 24, 2019, at the age of 99.[4]