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Supreme Court unanimously endorses names of four justices

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Names of four justices recommended for the Supreme Court

Kathmandu. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee of the Federal Parliament has unanimously endorsed the names of four justices recommended for appointment to the Supreme Court.

The three-judge bench of Pokhara High Court Judge Ratna Bahadur Bagchhand, judge of Patan High Court Chandra Bahadur Saru, judge of Hetauda High Court Janak Pandey and Janakpur High Court judge Gokarna Dangi have been recommended for judicial custody of Janakpur High Court. According to Committee Chairman Bodh Narayan Shrestha, the Judicial Council had recommended their names for the post of justice of the Supreme Court on October 2. “As per the decision of the Judicial Council dated October 3, 2003, Dr Ratna Bahadur Bagchanda, Chandra Bahadur Saru, Janak Pandey and Gokarna Dangi have been unanimously endorsed by the joint sitting of the Federal Parliament as per Rule 26 (5) of the Joint Committee Business Operation Regulations, 2080. The committee had started the parliamentary hearing process of the four justices proposed by the committee on November 3, 2018.

There were 13 complaints against the proposed judges. There is a constitutional provision that the President appoints judges after the names are approved by the Parliamentary Hearing Committee on the recommendation of the Judicial Council.

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