Kathmandu, July 27
The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee has postponed its meeting scheduled for Friday afternoon till Sunday.
The meeting was scheduled to decide whether to endorse Acting Chief Justice Deepak Raj Joshee’s name for the vacant position of Chief Justice.
Generally, the Committee endorses all the names it gets after hearing with the nominees, which has been a mere formality till now. However, this time, the Committee is taking much time to make the decision as Joshee has been dragged into a controversy about different data on his academic certificates.
Earlier, his predecessor Gopal Parajuli had lost the job due to a similar case.
A member of the Committee says the meeting has been postponed till Sunday as the Committee members wanted to investigate into Joshee’s certificates.
It means the appointment of new Chief Justice will be further delayed. The position is vacant since March when it was found that then CJ Parajuli was already past his retirement age.
