Six new Justices have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Nepal on Wednesday.
Newly inducted Justices are Saranga Subedi, Abdul Aziz Musalman, Mahesh Sharma Paudel, Tek Prasad Dhungana, Sunil Kumar Pokharel and Balkrishna Dhakal.
President Ramchandra Paudel appointed them to the post of Justice of the apex court on the recommendation of Judicial Council, according to a statement issued by the Office of the President, Sheetal Niwas.
A meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC) held in Singha Durbar this morning endorsed the names of all justices recommended by the Judicial Council.
The PHC had begun hearing the complaints lodged against them since December 10 following the recommendation by the Judicial Council.
The Judicial Council on November 21 had recommended six individuals as Supreme Court Justices and sent their names to the Office of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee for hearing.
Subedi, Musalman, Paudel and Dhungana are the judges of High Court while Pokharel and Dhakal are senior advocates.
There is still one more post lying vacant for a Justice in the apex court. The administration of justice has been hit due to the insufficient number of Justices for a long time.
