Karki, who has a permanent residence in Morang, is the current registrar of the Supreme Court. He was previously embroiled in controversy for disobeying the orders of the then acting Chief Justice Malla.
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The Constitutional Council has recommended the incumbent Registrar of the Supreme Court, Man Bahadur Karki, as the Chief Election Commissioner.
The council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Friday recommended Karki as the Chief Election Commissioner and Rajiv Subba and Guru Wagle as the Commissioners. Now the Parliamentary Hearing Committee will have to approve the recommended names. After that, the President will appoint them to the relevant posts.
Karki was previously the Registrar of the Patan High Court. He was also on the Judicial Council for some time. In last Jestha, Chief Registrar Bimal Poudel and Registrar Karki were involved in a dispute over not following the order given by the then Acting Chief Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla to register a petition against the order to file a writ petition against the recommendation of the Chief Justice.
The Constitutional Council had recommended Supreme Court Justice Manoj Sharma as the Chief Justice, breaking the tradition of recommending on the basis of seniority. Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi and advocate Premraj Silwal filed a writ petition against the council's decision on April 25, but the Supreme Court administration refused to register it.
Then, on the same day, senior advocate Tripathi and advocate Silwal filed a petition against the bench. After the Supreme Court administration put that petition on hold, the dispute reached Acting Chief Justice Malla. After that, Malla ordered the registration of the writ petition within a specified time.
As soon as Acting Chief Justice Malla ordered this, the writ petitioners took the petition to the Chief Registrar and Registrar Man Bahadur Karki, who was assigned the responsibility of registering the cases. Chief Registrar Poudel left the Supreme Court saying that he had a meeting. Registrar Karki also left, saying that he would be studying for some time and asked them to wait.
