Political indecision results in severe shortage of judges

Supreme Court set to be without nearly a third of justices. Fifty judges’ positions are vacant in seven high courts.

The Supreme Court is short of six justices with the retirement of Justice Tanka Bahadur Moktan last week. It will also be headless next week as Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki retires on August 5, taking the number of total vacant positions in the country’s highest court to seven. It has a total posting of 21 justices.