KATHMANDU, Sept 17: A meeting of the Constitutional Council (CC) held on Monday has recommended the senior-most Justice of the Supreme Court (SC), Prakash Man Singh Raut, for the post of the Chief Justice (CJ) of the SC.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative Indira Rana Magar said that the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar has recommended the name of Raut for the next CJ.   

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was attended by Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire, Chairperson of the National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal, main opposition party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Indira Rana Magar. 

The Council recommended the name of Raut from among the senior justices for the position and the name of Raut will be sent to the Parliamentary Hearing Committee under the Federal Parliament.

The tenure of the incumbent Chief Justice, Bishwoambhar Prasad Shrestha, is coming to an end on October 15. 

Earlier, a meeting of the CC on Friday had decided to further study and discuss the recommendation for the post of Chief Justice.