Hearing for the post of Chief Justice first time in Nepal

The parliamentary Hearing Special Committee has called Kedar Prasad Giri, recommended for the post of Chief Justice by the Constituent Council, on September 11, 2007 to answer to the complaints filed against his appointment. The committee head is Aamod Prasad Upadhyaya. Since there was no consensus to appoint Giri as CJ, the PHSC forwarded its stance to Constituent Council.

Giri’s supporters:
Aamod Prasad Upadhyaya
Bharat Kumar Shah
Chakra Prasad Bastola
Dilendra Prasad Badu
Kamala Panta
Krishna pratap Malla
Gopalman Shrestha
Narayan Saud
Dr Minendra Rijal
Dr Ram Baran yadav
Siddha raj Ojha

Giri’s Opponents
Astalaxmi Shakya
Dharmanath Prasad Sah
Dilaram Acharya
Khimlal Devkota
Parsuram Ramtel
Pashupati Chaulagain
Bharat Mohan Adhikari
Dr Mangal Siddhi Manandhar
Lilamani Pokharel

Absentees
Amrita Thapa
Dinanath Sharma
Ganesh Shah
Narayanman Bijukchhe
Padam Bahadur Rai
Hit Bahadur Tamang
Hirdayesh Tripathee
Navaraj Subedi

Hearing for the post of Chief Justice first time in Nepal