KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association is holding an election to elect a new executive committee today. The vote casting began at 8 am and will continue until 2 pm.
As many as 605 legal practitioners are casting their votes in the elections, according to Raju Khadka, chief election officer of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Two panels – progressive and democratic – are contesting the elections.
Senior Advocate Rabi Narayan Khanal is leading the team of progressive, professional , patriotic and inclusive legal practitioners while Senior Advocate Purna Man Shakya is leading the team of broad democratic inclusive (Madhesi, indigenous nationalities) professional legal practitioners.
Khanal is a full-time legal practitioner while Shakya is also involved in teaching apart from legal profession.
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