Chief Justice of Nepal

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judicial office public office

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of Nepal canonical	2
नेपालको प्रधान न्यायाधीश	1

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 ⓘ surface form: 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 2015 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Nepal
location	Bagmati Province ⓘ Kathmandu ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	65 years ⓘ
memberOf	Constitutional Council of Nepal ⓘ Judicial Council of Nepal ⓘ
nativeLabel	Chief Justice of Nepal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Nepal building
styleOfAddress	The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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 → Chief Justice of Nepal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: नेपालको प्रधान न्यायाधीश