Chief Justice of Nepal

The chief justice of Nepal (Nepali: प्रधान न्यायाधीश) is the head of the judicial branch of Nepal and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal. The chief justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system. It is the fourth highest rank on the Order of precedence in Nepal.

Chief Justice of Nepal
नेपालका प्रधान न्यायाधीश
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Mayank Pradhan since 22 August 2023
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Presidential nomination with confirmation from parliament
Term length	6 years[1]
Inaugural holder	Hari Prasad Pradhan
Formation	10 August 1951
Salary	NPR 88,950[2]
Website	Supreme Court of Nepal

The current chief justice is Prakash Man Singh Raut.^[3]

List of chief justices

No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Appointed by
1	Hari Prasad Pradhan	10 August 1951	20 May 1956	King Tribhuvan
2	Anirudra Prasad Singh	21 May 1956	29 June 1959	King Mahendra
(1)	Hari Prasad Pradhan	14 December 1961	15 December 1963
3	Bhagwati Prashad Singh	9 April 1964	10 July 1970
4	Ratna Bahadur Bista	26 July 1970	6 August 1976
5	Nayan Bahadur Khatri	8 December 1976	10 December 1985	King Birendra
6	Dhanendra Bahadur Singh	11 December 1985	7 August 1991
7	Bishwonath Upadhyaya	8 August 1991	25 September 1995
8	Surendra Prasad Singh	26 September 1995	14 February 1997
9	Trilok Pratap Rana	15 February 1997	16 September 1997
10	Om Bhakta Shrestha	22 September 1997	12 April 1998
11	Mohan Prasad Sharma	13 April 1998	15 December 1999
12	Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya	16 December 1999	5 December 2002
13	Kedar Nath Upadhyay	6 December 2002	21 January 2004	King Gyanendra
14	Govinda Bahadur Shrestha	22 January 2004	13 January 2005
15	Hari Prasad Sharma	14 January 2005	29 July 2005
16	Dilip Kumar Poudel	31 July 2005	8 September 2007
17	Kedar Prasad Giri	5 October 2007	7 May 2009	Girija Prasad Koirala
18	Min Bahadur Rayamajhi	8 May 2009	10 February 2010	Ram Baran Yadav
19	Anup Raj Sharma	11 February 2010	25 March 2010
20	Ram Prasad Shrestha	26 March 2010	5 May 2011
21	Khil Raj Regmi	6 May 2011	11 February 2014
22	Damodar Prasad Sharma	11 April 2014	9 October 2014
23	Ram Kumar Shah	10 October 2014	7 July 2015
24	Kalyan Shrestha[4]	8 July 2015	12 April 2016
25	Sushila Karki	11 July 2016	9 June 2017	Bidya Devi Bhandari
26	Gopal Prasad Parajuli	9 June 2017	14 March 2018
27	Om Prakash Mishra	5 August 2018	1 January 2019
28	Cholendra Shumser JBR	2 January 2019	13 December 2022
29	Hari Krishna Karki	16 June 2023	4 August 2023	Ram Chandra Paudel
30	Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha	22 August 2023	Present
31	Prakash Man Singh Raut	7 October 2024		Ram Chandra Paudel
Source: [5][6]

See also

• Supreme Court of Nepal

References

1. "Constitution of Nepal 2015". Peace Agreements. 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. "Know how much a minister, an MP and other high officials earn in Nepal". Online Khabar. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. "President Paudel appoints Prakash Man Singh Raut as chief justice". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
4. "PHSC endorses Kalyan Shrestha as new Chief Justice". My Republica. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
5. "SUPREME COURT (RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICES)". Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
6. "JUSTICES". Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012.