Parliamentary Hearing Committee endorses Raut as next Chief Justice

KATHMANDU: The meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee today has unanimously approved the nomination made to appoint Prakashman Singh Raut as the new Chief Justice.

In the meeting of the Committee held at Singha Durbar, the proposed Chief Justice Raut had presented a 24-point action plan to be implemented during his term as the head of the Supreme Court.

His name was recommended by the Constitutional Council on September 16. He was recommended to the Council as the senior-most justice of the apex court by the Judicial Council.

Raut will take over from incumbent Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, who retires on October 5.

As per the Constitutional provision, Justice Raut will be formally appointed as the Chief Justice by the President, following the endorsement by the parliamentary hearing committee.

Also today, the Parliamentary Hearing Committee unanimously endorsed the nomination of the government to appoint Chitra Lekha Yadav as the next Nepali Ambassador to Australia.