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style="width:20em;"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><div class="adr"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nepal" title="Politics of Nepal">Politics of Nepal</a></div></th></tr><tr><th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Nepal_(alternative).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg/125px-Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg/188px-Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg/250px-Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="475" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nepal" title="Constitution of Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Constitution</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_and_Duties_in_Nepal" title="Fundamental Rights and Duties in Nepal">Fundamental Rights and Duties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Nepal" title="Human rights in Nepal">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Nepal">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Nepal" title="Government of Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Government</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nepal" title="President of Nepal">President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Poudel" title="Ram Chandra Poudel">Ram Chandra Poudel</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nepal" title="Vice President of Nepal">Vice President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Sahaya_Yadav" title="Ram Sahaya Yadav">Ram Sahaya Yadav</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Executive:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Nepal" title="List of prime ministers of Nepal">list</a>)</span>: <b><a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal" title="Council of Ministers of Nepal">Council of Ministers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Oli_cabinet" title="Fourth Oli cabinet">Oli IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Public Service Commission (Nepal)">Civil Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Nepal" title="Chief Secretary of Nepal">Cabinet Secretary</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Federal_parliament_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal parliament of Nepal">Federal Parliament</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Deputy_Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Nepal)">Deputy Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Indira_Ranamagar" title="Indira Ranamagar">Indira Ranamagar</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">House Leader</a>: <a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Nepal)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Nepal)">Opposition Leader</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nepal)" title="National Assembly (Nepal)">National Assembly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Narayan_Kaji_Shrestha" title="Narayan Kaji Shrestha">Narayan Kaji Shrestha</a></span></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Judiciary:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nepal" title="Supreme Court of Nepal">Supreme Court</a> <dl><dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chief Justice of Nepal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Man_Singh_Raut" title="Prakash Man Singh Raut">Prakash Man Singh Raut</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Courts_of_Nepal" title="District Courts of Nepal">District Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nepal" title="Elections in Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Elections</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> 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The chief justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a <a href="/wiki/Chief_administrative_officer" title="Chief administrative officer">chief administrative officer</a> for all the judicial system. It is the fourth highest rank on the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Nepal" title="Order of precedence in Nepal">Order of precedence in Nepal</a>. </p><p>The current chief justice is <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Man_Singh_Raut" title="Prakash Man Singh Raut">Prakash Man Singh Raut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chief_justices">List of chief justices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Justice_of_Nepal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of chief justices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th> <th>Appointed by </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hari_Prasad_Pradhan" title="Hari Prasad Pradhan">Hari Prasad Pradhan</a> </td> <td>10 August 1951 </td> <td>20 May 1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvan_of_Nepal" title="Tribhuvan of Nepal">King Tribhuvan</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anirudra_Prasad_Singh" title="Anirudra Prasad Singh">Anirudra Prasad Singh</a> </td> <td>21 May 1956 </td> <td>29 June 1959 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_of_Nepal" title="Mahendra of Nepal">King Mahendra</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>(1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hari_Prasad_Pradhan" title="Hari Prasad Pradhan">Hari Prasad Pradhan</a> </td> <td>14 December 1961 </td> <td>15 December 1963 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhagwati_Prashad_Singh" title="Bhagwati Prashad Singh">Bhagwati Prashad Singh</a> </td> <td>9 April 1964 </td> <td>10 July 1970 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ratna_Bahadur_Bista" title="Ratna Bahadur Bista">Ratna Bahadur Bista</a> </td> <td>26 July 1970 </td> <td>6 August 1976 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nayan_Bahadur_Khatri" title="Nayan Bahadur Khatri">Nayan Bahadur Khatri</a> </td> <td>8 December 1976 </td> <td>10 December 1985 </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Birendra_of_Nepal" title="Birendra of Nepal">King Birendra</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhanendra_Bahadur_Singh" title="Dhanendra Bahadur Singh">Dhanendra Bahadur Singh</a> </td> <td>11 December 1985 </td> <td>7 August 1991 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishwonath_Upadhyaya" title="Bishwonath Upadhyaya">Bishwonath Upadhyaya</a> </td> <td>8 August 1991 </td> <td>25 September 1995 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Prasad_Singh" title="Surendra Prasad Singh">Surendra Prasad Singh</a> </td> <td>26 September 1995 </td> <td>14 February 1997 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trilok_Pratap_Rana" title="Trilok Pratap Rana">Trilok Pratap Rana</a> </td> <td>15 February 1997 </td> <td>16 September 1997 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Om_Bhakta_Shrestha" title="Om Bhakta Shrestha">Om Bhakta Shrestha</a> </td> <td>22 September 1997 </td> <td>12 April 1998 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Prasad_Sharma" title="Mohan Prasad Sharma">Mohan Prasad Sharma</a> </td> <td>13 April 1998 </td> <td>15 December 1999 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Upadhyaya" title="Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya">Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya</a> </td> <td>16 December 1999 </td> <td>5 December 2002 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Nath_Upadhyay" title="Kedar Nath Upadhyay">Kedar Nath Upadhyay</a> </td> <td>6 December 2002 </td> <td>21 January 2004 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_of_Nepal" title="Gyanendra of Nepal">King Gyanendra</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Govinda_Bahadur_Shrestha" title="Govinda Bahadur Shrestha">Govinda Bahadur Shrestha</a> </td> <td>22 January 2004 </td> <td>13 January 2005 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hari_Prasad_Sharma" title="Hari Prasad Sharma">Hari Prasad Sharma</a> </td> <td>14 January 2005 </td> <td>29 July 2005 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Poudel" title="Dilip Kumar Poudel">Dilip Kumar Poudel</a> </td> <td>31 July 2005 </td> <td>8 September 2007 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Prasad_Giri" title="Kedar Prasad Giri">Kedar Prasad Giri</a> </td> <td>5 October 2007 </td> <td>7 May 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Girija_Prasad_Koirala" title="Girija Prasad Koirala">Girija Prasad Koirala</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Min_Bahadur_Rayamajhi" title="Min Bahadur Rayamajhi">Min Bahadur Rayamajhi</a> </td> <td>8 May 2009 </td> <td>10 February 2010 </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Baran_Yadav" title="Ram Baran Yadav">Ram Baran Yadav</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anup_Raj_Sharma" title="Anup Raj Sharma">Anup Raj Sharma</a> </td> <td>11 February 2010 </td> <td>25 March 2010 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prasad_Shrestha" title="Ram Prasad Shrestha">Ram Prasad Shrestha</a> </td> <td>26 March 2010 </td> <td>5 May 2011 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khil_Raj_Regmi" title="Khil Raj Regmi">Khil Raj Regmi</a> </td> <td>6 May 2011 </td> <td>11 February 2014 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Prasad_Sharma" title="Damodar Prasad Sharma">Damodar Prasad Sharma</a> </td> <td>11 April 2014 </td> <td>9 October 2014 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kumar_Shah" title="Ram Kumar Shah">Ram Kumar Shah</a> </td> <td>10 October 2014 </td> <td>7 July 2015 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Shrestha" title="Kalyan Shrestha">Kalyan Shrestha</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>8 July 2015 </td> <td>12 April 2016 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sushila_Karki" title="Sushila Karki">Sushila Karki</a> </td> <td>11 July 2016 </td> <td>9 June 2017 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bidya_Devi_Bhandari" title="Bidya Devi Bhandari">Bidya Devi Bhandari</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Parajuli" title="Gopal Parajuli">Gopal Parajuli</a> </td> <td>9 June 2017 </td> <td>14 March 2018 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mishra" title="Om Prakash Mishra">Om Prakash Mishra</a> </td> <td>5 August 2018 </td> <td>1 January 2019 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cholendra_Shumsher_JBR" class="mw-redirect" title="Cholendra Shumsher JBR">Cholendra Shumser JBR</a> </td> <td>2 January 2019 </td> <td>13 December 2022 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hari_Krishna_Karki" title="Hari Krishna Karki">Hari Krishna Karki</a> </td> <td>16 June 2023 </td> <td>4 August 2023 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Paudel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Chandra Paudel">Ram Chandra Paudel</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishwambhar_Prasad_Shrestha" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha">Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha</a> </td> <td>22 August 2023 </td> <td>4 October 2024 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Man_Singh_Raut" title="Prakash Man Singh Raut">Prakash Man Singh Raut</a> </td> <td>7 October 2024 </td> <td>Present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-5" 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