Chief Justice of Nepal-Impeachment Motion

• Cholendra Shumsher Rana is the current Chief Justice of Nepal. He recently faced “impeachment procedure”. 

• He is the second Chief Justice of the country to face impeachment in seven years.

• Chief Justice Rana was suspended. After his suspension, Dipak Karki, the senior most judge in the Supreme Court of Nepal has taken over his position. 98 MPs of Nepal Parliament signed the motion. 

• These MPs belong to Congress party of the country, Maoists and unified socialist party. Communist party is the current opposition party.