Twenty-seven newly-appointed High Court judges took the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday.
High Court Patan Chief Judge Lal Bahadur Kunwar administered the oath to the judges amidst a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in the presence of Chief Justice (CJ) of Supreme Court Prakashman Singh Raut.
The Judicial Council meeting on August 7 had decided to appoint the 27 judges and assign them to various High Court and its benches across the country.
The newly-appointed 27 judges deputed in the High Court include Yam Bahadur Budhamagar (Surkhet High Court), Gopal Prasad Bastola (Patan High Court), Giriraj Gautam (Dipayal High Court), Yubraj Gautam (Biratnagar High Court), Tej Narayan Poudel (Tulsipur High Court), Prakash Dhungana (Patan High Court), Deepak Kumar Kharel (Patan High Court), Kamal Prasad Pokharel (Janakpur High Court), Shiva Bahadur Ranabhat (Patan High Court), Basudev Neupane (Patan High Court), Dal Bahadur KC (Tulsipur High CourtD), Prakash Chandra Adhikari (Dipayal High Court)), Ramesh Prasad Gyawali (Patan High Court), Uday Prasad Bhattarai (Biratnagar High Court) and Awani Mainali Bhattarai (Patan High Court).
Similarly, the other appointees include Khadga Raj Adhikari (Dipayal High Court), Shankar Khatri (Janakpur High Court), Achyut Kuinkel (Patan High Court), Komal Bahadur Khatri (Surkhet High Court), Sharmila Bista (Patan High CourtT), Pratap Singh Thakurathi (Tulsipur High Court), Bal Krishna Gaire (Pokhara High Court), Nisha Baniya (Tulasipur High Court), Shyam Kumar Bishwokarma (Dipayal High Court) and Arun Kumat Panjiyar (Biratnagar High Court).
