Chief Justice of Nepal


The Chief Justice of Nepal 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 current Chief Justice is Chholendra Shumsher Rana, who took over the role on 2 January 2019.

List of Chief Justices

The list of Chief Justices of Nepal are as follows:
No.NameTerm startTerm endAppointed by
1Hari Prasad Pradhan10 August 195120 May 1956King Tribhuvan
2Anirudra Prasad Singh21 May 195629 June 1959King Mahendra
3Hari Prasad Pradhan14 December 196115 December 1963King Mahendra
4Bhagwati Prashad Singh9 April 196410 July 1970King Mahendra
5Ratna Bahadur Bista26 July 19706 August 1976King Mahendra
6Nayan Bahadur Khatri8 December 197610 December 1985King Birendra
7Dhanendra Bahadur Singh11 December 19857 August 1991King Birendra
8Bishwonath Upadhyaya8 August 199125 September 1995King Birendra
9Surendra Prasad Singh26 September 199514 February 1997King Birendra
10Trilok Pratap Rana15 February 199716 September 1997King Birendra
11Om Bhakta Shrestha22 September 199712 April 1998King Birendra
12Mohan Prasad Sharma13 April 199815 December 1999King Birendra
13Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya16 December 19995 December 2002King Birendra
14Kedar Nath Upadhyay6 December 200221 January 2004King Gyanendra
15Govinda Bahadur Shrestha22 January 200413 January 2005King Gyanendra
16Hari Prasad Sharma14 January 200529 July 2005King Gyanendra
17Dilip Kumar Poudel31 July 20058 September 2007Girija Prasad Koirala
18Kedar Prasad Giri5 October 20077 May 2009King Gyanendra
19Min Bahadur Rayamajhi8 May 200910 February 2010Ram Baran Yadav
20Anup Raj Sharma11 February 201025 March 2010Ram Baran Yadav
21Ram Prasad Shrestha26 March 20105 May 2011Ram Baran Yadav
22Khil Raj Regmi6 May 201111 February 2014Ram Baran Yadav
23Damodar Prasad Sharma11 April 20149 October 2014Ram Baran Yadav
24Ram Kumar Shah10 October 20147 July 2015Ram Baran Yadav
25Kalyan Shrestha8 July 201512 April 2016Ram Baran Yadav
26Sushila Karki11 July 20169 June 2017Bidya Devi Bhandari
27Gopal Prasad Parajuli9 June 201714 March 2018Bidya Devi Bhandari
28Om Prakash Mishra5 August 20181 January 2019Bidya Devi Bhandari
29Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana2 January 2019Bidya Devi Bhandari