Om Bhakta Shrestha (12 April 1933 – 18 March 2020) was a Nepalese judge who served as 11th
Chief Justice of Nepal
The Chief Justice of Nepal ( ne, 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 ...
, in office from 12 September 1997 to 12 April 1998.
He was appointed by the then-king of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
,
Birendra
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...
.
Shrestha was preceded by
Trilok Pratap Rana and succeeded by
Mohan Prasad Sharma
Mohan Prasad Sharma (16 December 1934 – 19 January 2022) was a Nepalese judge who served as 12th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 13 April 1998 to 15 December 1999. He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra of Nepal, Birendra. ...
.
References
Chief justices of Nepal
1933 births
2020 deaths
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