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SC justice appointment: PHSC summons JC members

KATHMANDU, MAY 13 - The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee ( PHSC ) has summoned all the members of Judicial Council (JC) regarding the recommendation of 'controversial' judges to the post of Supreme Court (SC) justices.

A meeting of the PHSC convened on Tuesday decided to invite all members of the committee under the chief justice. However, the committee has not fianlised the date for the same.

The meeting has decided to take the recommendation for appointment of justices, PHSC Chairman Kul Bahadur Gurung informed. The JC has been facing criticisms from several quarters for recommending some 'controversial' judges to the post of SC justices.   

Members of JC include Chief Justice Damodar Sharma, senior Justice Ram Kumar Shah, Law Minister Narahari Acharya, bar members Khem Narayan Dhungana and Upendra Kesari Neupane.

At today's meeting, lawmakers from the CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) demanded mandatory presence of Chief Justice Sharma.

The Judicial Council (JC) on April 23 had recommended eight judges for the post of permanent justices at the Supreme Court (SC).

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