Parliamentary hearing of proposed CJ Sharma starts

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 19: Parliamentary hearing of the proposed chief justice Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma has started at the Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC).

The PHC called a meeting to study work plan of and complaints against proposed CJ Sharma on Tuesday morning.

PHC president Bodh Narayan Shrestha urged all the members for cooperation to move forward the process of hearing as not much time will be needed for the study of complaints after hearing them, and that proposed CJ Sharma could as well be asked for clarifications.

Altogether seven complaints have been registered in the PHC against proposed CJ Sharma. As per the constitutional provision, the President appoints the CJ after the PHC approves the name following the recommendation from the Constitutional Council. Constitutional Council has already recommended Dr. Sharma to the post of CJ.