KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee endorsed nine names recommended by the Judicial Council for the post of Supreme Court justices, after two days of hearing on them.
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The committee endorsed the names after it concluded hearing on senior advocates Sushila Karki, Prakash Wasti and Bharat Raj Upreti and appellate court Judge Rana Bahadur Bam on Saturday. Hearing on Krishna Prasad Upadhyay, Prem Sharma, Mohan Prakash Sitaula, Abadhes Kumar Yadav and Girish Chandra Lal had concluded Friday.
Karki, Wasti and Upreti are senior advocates and others appellate court judges. Another senior advocate Bipulendra Chakrabarti, however, has declined the post of ad-hoc justice. The Judicial Council had recommended 10 names including two permanent and eight ad-hoc justices. Upadhyay and Sharma are for permanent and others are for ad-hoc justices. President Dr Ram Baran Yadav will have to formally appoint the recommended persons as SC justices.
