Chief Justice of Nepal - wikipedia Chief Justice of Nepal Chief Justice of Nepal प्रधान न्यायाधीश नेपाल Incumbent Deepak Raj Joshee ( Acting ) since 15 March 2018 Style Right Hon'ble Chief Justice Appointer Presidential nomination with Parliament confirmation Inaugural holder Hari Prasad Pradhan ( 10 August 1951 ) Formation Constitution of Nepal Website Supreme Court of Nepal Nepal This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Nepal Constitution Fundamental Rights and Duties Human rights LGBT rights Government President : Bidhya Devi Bhandari Vice President : Nanda Bahadur Pun Executive : Prime Minister : Khadga Prasad Oli Council of Ministers : Oli II Civil Services Cabinet Secretary Federal Parliament : House of Representatives Speaker : Krishna Bahadur Mahara National Assembly Chairman : Ganesh Prasad Timilsina Judiciary : Supreme Court Chief Justice of Nepal : Gopal Parajuli District Courts Elections Election Commission Political parties Recent elections Presidential : 2008 2015 National : 2008 2013 2017 Provincial : 2017 Local : 2017 Federalism Administrative divisions Provinces Province governments Provincial Assemblies Governors Chief Minister Local governments Districts Municipality Rural Municipality Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Nepal to Nepal Passport Visa requirements Related topics Democracy movement Civil War Other countries Atlas The Chief Justice of Nepal ( Nepali : प्रधान न्यायाधीश ) 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 acting Chief Justice is Deepak Raj Joshee, who took over the role on 15 March 2018. List of Chief JUSTICES The list of Chief Justices of Nepal are as follows : No. Name Term start Term end Appointed by Hari Prasad Pradhan 10 August 1951 20 May 1956 King Tribhuvan Anirudra Prasad Singh 21 May 1956 29 June 1959 King Mahendra Hari Prasad Pradhan 14 December 1961 15 December 1963 Bhagwati Prashad Singh 9 April 1964 10 July 1970 Ratna Bahadur Bista 26 July 1970 6 August 1976 6 Nayan Bahadur Karki 8 December 1976 10 December 1985 King Birendra 7 Dhanendra Bahadur Singh 11 December 1985 7 August 1991 8 Bishwonath Upadhyaya 8 August 1991 25 September 1995 9 Surendra Prasad Singh 26 September 1995 14 February 1997 10 Trilok Pratap Rana 15 February 1997 16 September 1997 11 Om Bhakta Shrestha 22 September 1997 12 April 1998 12 Mohan Prasad Sharma 13 April 1998 15 December 1999 13 Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya 16 December 1999 5 December 2002 14 Kedar Nath Upadhyaya 6 December 2002 21 January 2004 King Gyanendra 15 Govinda Bahadur Shrestha 22 January 2004 13 January 2005 16 Hari Prasad Sharma 14 January 2005 29 July 2005 17 Dilip Kumar Poudel 31 July 2005 8 September 2007 Girija Prasad Koirala 18 Kedar Prasad Giri 5 October 2007 7 May 2009 King Gyanendra 19 Min Bahadur Rayamajhi 8 May 2009 10 February 2010 Ram Baran Yadav 20 Anup Raj Sharma 11 February 2010 25 March 2010 21 Ram Prasad Shrestha 26 March 2010 5 May 2011 22 Khil Raj Regmi 6 May 2011 11 February 2014 22 Damodar Prasad Sharma 11 April 2014 9 October 2014 22 Ram Kumar Prasad Shah 10 October 2014 7 July 2015 23 Kalyan Shrestha 8 July 2015 12 April 2016 24 Sushila Karki 11 July 2016 9 June 2017 Bidya Devi Bhandari 25 Gopal Prasad Parajuli 9 June 2017 14 March 2018 26 Om Prakash Mishra ( Acting ) 5 August 2018 present See also Supreme Court of Nepal References Jump up ^ `` Senior-most Justice Deepak Raj Joshee assumes as acting CJ ''. My Republica. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 22. Jump up ^ `` SUPREME COURT ( RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICES ) ''. Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` JUSTICES ''. Supreme Court of Nepal. Retrieved 19 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` PHSC endorses Kalyan Shrestha as new Chief Justice ''. My Republica. Retrieved 29 June 2015. Government of Nepal Constitution Constitution of Nepal Fundamental Rights and Duties Nepalese Law Federalism in Nepal Provinces Executive Federal Government President ( list ) Vice President ( list ) Prime Minister ( list ) Council of Ministers Civil Services Chief Secretary Province governments Chief Minister Governors Legislative Federal Parliament House of Representatives National Assembly Provincial Assembly Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice High Courts District Courts Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Justice_of_Nepal&oldid=853658540 '' Categories : Chief justices by country Nepal - related lists Hidden categories : Articles containing Nepali - language text Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 August 2018, at 05 : 17 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the present chief justice of nepal
Answer: Deepak Raj Joshee