Chief Justice of Nepal

Chief Justice of
Nepal
Chief Justice of ; Nepal
	प्रधान न्यायाधीश; नेपाल
	Incumbent; Kalyan Shrestha;
Style	Right Hon'ble Chief Justice
Appointer	Presidential nomination with Parliament confirmation
Inaugural holder	Bahadur Sumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; (10 August 1951)
Formation	Constitution of Nepal

The Chief Justice of Nepal (Template:Lang-ne) is the head of the judicial branch of Nepal and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal. The Chief Justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system.

The first Chief Justice was Justice General Bahadur Sumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. The 23rd and current Chief Justice is Kalyan Shrestha.

List of Chief Justices

The list of Chief Justices of Nepal are as follows:^[1]^[2]

No.	Name	Image	Term start	King/President
1	Hari Prasad Pradhan			King Tribhuvan
2	Anurudra Prasad Singh			King Mahendra
3	Hari Prasad Pradhan			King Mahendra
4	Bhagwati Prashad Singh			King Mahendra
5	Ratna Bahadur Bista			King Mahendra
6	Nayan Bahadur Khatri			King Birendra
7	Dhanendra Bahadur Singh			King Birendra
8	Bishwonath Upadhyaya			King Birendra
9	Surendra Prasad Singh			King Birendra
10	Trilok Pratap Rana			King Birendra
11	Om Bhakta Shrestha			King Birendra
12	Mohan Prasad Sharma			King Birendra
13	Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya			King Birendra
14	Kedar Nath Upadhyaya			King Gyanendra
15	Govinda Bahadur Shrestha			King Gyanendra
16	Hari Prasad Sharma			King Gyanendra
17	Dilip Kumar Poudel			Girija Prasad Koirala
18	Kedar Prasad Giri			King Gyanendra
19	Min Bahadur Rayamajhi			President Ram Baran Yadav
20	Anup Raj Sharma			President Ram Baran Yadav
21	Ram Prasad Shrestha			President Ram Baran Yadav
22	Khil Raj Regmi		6 May 2011	President Ram Baran Yadav
22	Damodar Prasad Sharma	28 Chaitra 2070 BS		President Ram Baran Yadav
22	Ram Kumar Prasad Shah	24 Ashoj 2071 BS		President Ram Baran Yadav
23	Kalyan Shrestha^[3]	8 July 2015 AD		President Ram Baran Yadav

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