Karki assumes post of Acting CJ
April 14, 2016 | 9:50 pm
Kathmandu / April 14: Supreme Court’s senior most Justice Sushila Karki assumed the post of Acting Chief Justice Thursday, becoming the first woman holding the top post in country’s judiciary.
She assumed the post of Acting CJ in capacity of the senior most Justice replacing former CJ Kalyan Shrestha who retired on April 12 due to age-limit.
The Constitutional Council on April 10 had recommended Karki for the appointment to the post of Acting CJ. A parliamentary hearing on the CC recommendation on the appointment of Karki is awaited. RSS