Chief Justice of Nepal

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The Chief Justice of Nepal is the head of the country’s judiciary and the Supreme Court, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and guiding the interpretation of the constitution and laws.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Judiciary of Nepal ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
appointedBy President of Nepal ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Nepal ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy impeachment by Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
hasPower assign benches of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
constitute special benches or full benches of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
exercise administrative control over judges and staff of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
issue rules for court procedure subject to law ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of Nepal ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
languageOfLabel Nepali ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Nepal ⓘ
location Bagmati Province ⓘ
Kathmandu ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 65 years ⓘ
memberOf Constitutional Council of Nepal ⓘ
Judicial Council of Nepal ⓘ
nativeLabel नेपालको प्रधान न्यायाधीश ⓘ
nominatedBy Constitutional Council of Nepal ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1959 ⓘ
officeHolderRole Chief judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Bishwonath Upadhyaya ⓘ
Cholendra Shumsher JBR ⓘ
Hari Prasad Pradhan ⓘ
Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya ⓘ
Sushila Karki ⓘ
officeReconstitutedBy Constitution of Nepal 2015 ⓘ
Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990 ⓘ
Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007 ⓘ
participatesIn disciplinary proceedings against judges through Judicial Council ⓘ
judicial appointments process in Nepal ⓘ
partOf Government of Nepal ⓘ
residence official residence of the Chief Justice of Nepal in Kathmandu ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in Nepal ⓘ
allocation of judicial business in the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
guiding interpretation of laws of Nepal ⓘ
guiding interpretation of the Constitution of Nepal ⓘ
judicial administration of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
management of the Supreme Court of Nepal ⓘ
supervision of subordinate courts in Nepal ⓘ
seat Supreme Court of Nepal building ⓘ
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Nepal → appoints → Chief Justice of Nepal ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nepal → composition → Chief Justice of Nepal ⓘ
Chief Justice of Nepal → nativeLabel → नेपालको प्रधान न्यायाधीश ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Nepal
Judiciary of Nepal → headedBy → Chief Justice of Nepal ⓘ
judicial branch of Nepal → overseenBy → Chief Justice of Nepal ⓘ
judicial branch of Nepal → highestJudicialOfficer → Chief Justice of Nepal ⓘ