{"id":169249,"date":"2025-01-25T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T05:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=169249"},"modified":"2025-01-25T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T05:41:26","slug":"nepal-appoints-prakash-man-singh-raut-as-chief-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nepal-appoints-prakash-man-singh-raut-as-chief-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Appoints Prakash Man Singh Raut as Chief Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nepal\u2019s President Ramchandra Paudel on Sunday appointed<strong>&nbsp;Prakash Man Singh Raut as the new Chief Justice<\/strong>&nbsp;of the country. Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Justice Raut at a special ceremony organized at Sheetal Niwas, the President\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presence at Ceremony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials, including&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker Devraj Ghimire, and\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chairman of the National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parliamentary Endorsement&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raut received a\u00a0<strong>unanimous endorsement<\/strong>\u00a0from the parliamentary hearing committee during a meeting on October 2.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His appointment aligns with Article 129, Clause 2 of the Constitution of Nepal.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Constitutional Council Recommendation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Constitutional Council convened on September 16 and recommended Raut for the Chief Justice position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Successor to Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raut\u2019s appointment fills the vacancy left by<strong>\u00a0Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha, who retired on October 5\u00a0<\/strong>after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Practiced law from 1983 to 2016 and served as<strong>\u00a0President of the Supreme Court Bar Association in 2006.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raut has extensive experience, having served as a Supreme Court Justice since August 1, 2016.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in law from Tribhuvan University and has specialized in civil, criminal, and constitutional law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Future Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>His legal expertise and commitment to integrity suggest a promising future for Nepal\u2019s judicial system.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Chief Justice, Raut is expected<strong>\u00a0to uphold justice and the rule of law<\/strong>, leveraging his extensive legal background to enhance Nepal\u2019s judicial system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal\u2019s President Ramchandra Paudel on Sunday appointed&nbsp;Prakash Man Singh Raut as the new Chief Justice&nbsp;of the country. Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Justice Raut at a special ceremony organized at Sheetal Niwas, the President\u2019s Office. Presence at Ceremony The swearing-in ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials, including&nbsp; Parliamentary Endorsement&nbsp;&nbsp; Constitutional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":169250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5244],"tags":[864],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-169249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2024","tag-nepal-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169251,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169249\/revisions\/169251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169249"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=169249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}