Nepal is set to have its first woman chief justice with a judicial body today recommending Sushila Karki’s name for the top post, months after the country got its first woman President and Speaker.
A meeting of the Judicial Council recommended the name of Karki, the senior-most judge in Nepal’s Supreme Court, for appointment as the next chief justice of the country. The Judicial Council decided to forward the name of Karki to the Constitutional Council, headed by Prime Minister.