KATHMANDU, Jan 10 - A special parliamentary panel Thursday unanimously accepted
Rajendra Prasad Koirala and
Tahir Ali Ansari as p
ermanent judges of the Supreme
Court.
The interim parliament hearing special committee approved their nominations
after conducting a hearing today.
The House panel had started the hearing last Monday.
The Judicial Council had recommended their names a few weeks ago.
Both the judges will take charge of their offices after being sworn-in by
Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri in near future.
Members of the panel had urged the Judicial Council to be extra cautious
while nominating the judges after the council nominated Pawan Kumar Ojha along
with Koirala and Ansari.
Ojha, who had supported the royal regime, was forced to retire after the
panel did not accept his nomination.
Singh also accepted as Nepal’s envoy to India
Similarly, the House panel has approved the nomination of Durgesh Man Singh
as Nepali ambassador to India.
On December 30, the cabinet had decided to forward Singh’s name to a
parliamentary hearing committee for its approval.
Singh has already worked as Nepali ambassador to Belgium.
The government had decided to drop the name of Nepali Congress leader
Shailaja Acharya after she fell ill.
Acharya’s nomination had also fanned controversy with the parliamentary
hearing committee divided over her name.
She was charged with not opposing the King’s direct rule in the country