District judges appointed

Kathmandu, Apr. 18 (RSS): As per the authority provided by His Majesty the King in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal and on the recommendation of the Judicial Council, the Chief Justice has appointed and installed 15 persons as judges of various district courts.

According to the Judicial Council Secretariat, those appointed district judges are Balendra Rupakheti (law officer, Public Service Commission) in Baitadi, Ajaya Raj Upadhyaya (Deputy Attorney General) in Salyan, Binod Mohan Acharya (under secretary, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority) in Kalikot, Bholanath Chaulagai (Deputy Attorney General, Appellate Government Lawyer, Patan) in Manang, Achyut Bishta, (law officer, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs) in Dailekh, Yagya Raj Bhatta (deputy registrar, Appellate Court, Patan) in Dolpa, Shekhar Prasad Poudel (bench assistant, Supreme Court) in Solukhumbu, Balchandra Sharma (deputy registrar, Appellate Court, Mahendranagar) in Darchula, Ishwar Raj Acharya (editor, Supreme Court) in Rolpa and Ram Prasad Adhikari (bench assistant, Supreme Court) in Mugu.

Likewise, Indra Bahadur Karki (deputy registrar, Supreme Court) has been appointed district judge in Jajarkot, Gopal Prasad Bhattarai (deputy registrar, Supreme Court) in Rukum, Ram Prasad Oli (deputy registrar, Supreme Court) in Jumla, Jagat Prasad Shrestha (personal assistant, Supreme Court) in Mustang, and Rajesh Kumar Kafle (senior bench assistant, Appellate Court, Patan) in Bajura.

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