Kathmandu, Sept 19: The meeting of the Judicial Council today has decided to appoint 36 new district judges.
The meeting chaired by the President of the Council and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha took the decision.
Judicial Council spokesperson Man Bahadur Karki confirmed that the meeting decided to appoint 36 people to the vacant post of district judges. Also, the council meeting decided to transfer 19 judges. One judge of the High Court and 18 judges of the District Court have been transferred and posted to different places.