Chief Justice of Nepal

Presiding justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal

Chief Justice of Nepal

नेपालका प्रधान न्यायाधीश

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Incumbent
Mayank Pradhan

since 22 August 2023

Style| The Right Honourable
Appointer| Presidential nomination with confirmation from parliament
Term length| 6 years[1]
Inaugural holder| Hari Prasad Pradhan
Formation| 10 August 1951
Salary| NPR 88,950[2]
Website| Supreme Court of Nepal

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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 Prakash Man Singh Raut.[3]

## List of chief justices

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No.  | Name  | Term start  | Term end  | Appointed by

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1  | Hari Prasad Pradhan | 10 August 1951  | 20 May 1956  | King Tribhuvan
2  | Anirudra Prasad Singh | 21 May 1956  | 29 June 1959  | King Mahendra
(1)  | Hari Prasad Pradhan | 14 December 1961  | 15 December 1963
3  | Bhagwati Prashad Singh | 9 April 1964  | 10 July 1970
4  | Ratna Bahadur Bista | 26 July 1970  | 6 August 1976
5  | Nayan Bahadur Khatri | 8 December 1976  | 10 December 1985  | King Birendra
6  | Dhanendra Bahadur Singh | 11 December 1985  | 7 August 1991
7  | Bishwonath Upadhyaya | 8 August 1991  | 25 September 1995
8  | Surendra Prasad Singh | 26 September 1995  | 14 February 1997
9  | Trilok Pratap Rana | 15 February 1997  | 16 September 1997
10  | Om Bhakta Shrestha | 22 September 1997  | 12 April 1998
11  | Mohan Prasad Sharma | 13 April 1998  | 15 December 1999
12  | Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya | 16 December 1999  | 5 December 2002
13  | Kedar Nath Upadhyay | 6 December 2002  | 21 January 2004  | King Gyanendra
14  | Govinda Bahadur Shrestha | 22 January 2004  | 13 January 2005
15  | Hari Prasad Sharma | 14 January 2005  | 29 July 2005
16  | Dilip Kumar Poudel | 31 July 2005  | 8 September 2007
17  | Kedar Prasad Giri | 5 October 2007  | 7 May 2009  | Girija Prasad Koirala
18  | Min Bahadur Rayamajhi | 8 May 2009  | 10 February 2010  | Ram Baran Yadav
19  | Anup Raj Sharma | 11 February 2010  | 25 March 2010
20  | Ram Prasad Shrestha | 26 March 2010  | 5 May 2011
21  | Khil Raj Regmi | 6 May 2011  | 11 February 2014
22  | Damodar Prasad Sharma | 11 April 2014  | 9 October 2014
23  | Ram Kumar Shah | 10 October 2014  | 7 July 2015
24  | Kalyan Shrestha[4] | 8 July 2015  | 12 April 2016
25  | Sushila Karki | 11 July 2016  | 9 June 2017  | Bidya Devi Bhandari
26  | Gopal Prasad Parajuli | 9 June 2017  | 14 March 2018
27  | Om Prakash Mishra | 5 August 2018  | 1 January 2019
28  | Cholendra Shumser JBR | 2 January 2019  | 13 December 2022
29  | Hari Krishna Karki | 16 June 2023  | 4 August 2023  | Ram Chandra Paudel
30  | Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha | 22 August 2023  | Present
31  | Prakash Man Singh Raut | 7 October 2024  |  | Ram Chandra Paudel
Source: [5][6]

## See also

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* Supreme Court of Nepal

## References

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1. ^ "Constitution of Nepal 2015". Peace Agreements. 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. ^ "Know how much a minister, an MP and other high officials earn in Nepal". Online Khabar. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. ^ "President Paudel appoints Prakash Man Singh Raut as chief justice". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
4. ^ "PHSC endorses Kalyan Shrestha as new Chief Justice". My Republica. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
5. ^ "SUPREME COURT (RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICES)". Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
6. ^ "JUSTICES". Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

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