47 appellate court justices appointed

he Judicial Council (JC) on Sunday appointed 47 appellate court justices and 27 district court judges to fill the positions lying vacant for the last one year.

Of the 47 appellate court justices, 10 are appointed as 'additional'. Seventy percent of the new appointees are law practitioners. Minister for Law and Justice Prem Bahadur Singh said the JC had given special attention to make the appointments inclusive and fair.

"We invested a lot of energy to make our decision inclusive and we are successful in that," Singh told the Post. Of the total appointees three are women-- Sharanga Subedi from Kaski, Nita Gautam Dixit from Bara and Sushmalata Mathema from Chitwan. They are appointed as justices of Butwal, Pokhara and Hetauda appellate courts respectively.