Kathmandu, May 2
Over three dozen positions of district judge across the country are vacant for last few weeks. However, Acting Chief Justice Deepak Raj Joshee has been unable to call a meeting of the Judicial Council to decide the appointment owing to undue pressure from some officials of Judicial Service who recently could not pass an examination the Judicial Service Commission conducted to appoint judges through an open competition.
The officials have been demanding that the Council appoint judges on the basis of seniority first before appointing them through the open competition.
Therefore, Joshee is in the mood to begin the appointment process after he gets appointed the Chief Justice though he still can call the meeting as the Acting CJ.
Earlier, 16 persons had passed the examination conducted by the Commission for the positions. They are waiting for the appointment.
Since there are 38 positions vacant, the officials who failed the test are now piling pressure on Joshee to appoint them on the basis of seniority besides those 16 selected through the examination.
