KATHMANDU, Dec 11: A meeting of the Constitutional Council (CC) could not take palce even on Tuesday, putting the recommendation of the name for the next chief justice (CJ) on hold.
The meeting was adjourned yet again due to the absence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. According to sources Prime Minister Oli went to Teaching Hospital for his regular check-up.
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The meeting had been called for today to pick one of the senior-most justices for the top post of the Supreme Court.
Earlier, on the instruction of Chief Justice Om Prakash Mishra, who is the head of the JC, the Judicial Council secretariat forwarded the names of Deepak Raj Joshee and Cholendra Sushmer JBR to the CC stating that the two justices have prerequisite three years of experiences as SC justice for appointment as chief justice.
The post of chief justice will fall vacant from December 31 when the current chief justice, Mishra, will retire on the ground of age, which is 65 years.
The next meeting will take place on December 20, Ganesh Timalsina, chairperson of the National Assembly told Republica Onlilne.
