Kathmandu, December 13
Constitutional Council has recommended Cholendra Shumsher Rana to become the new Chief Justice.
The Council came to an agreement to make Rana after a meeting on Thursday.
The Judicial Council had recommended Rana’s name along with Justice Deepak Raj Joshee to the Constitutional Council.
But the Constitutional Council favoured Rana over Joshee as the latter’s previous nomination to the seat of chief justice was besieged by a controversy related to his questionable academic credentials and lack of candour during his testimony.
Joshee was the first-ever Supreme Court nominee to be rejected by the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee.
The Constitutional Council meeting was unable to recommend the name of new Chief Justice on Tuesday and Wednesday after Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba did not show up.
