New Nepal PM Education, Career
Sushila Karki took oath as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal on Friday night — ending a week of chaotic protests led by Gen-Z. Former PM KP Sharma Oli had submitted his resignation and fled Kathmandu on Tuesday as the agitators set fire to his home and various government offices.Karki took oath around 8.45 pm and is now set to form a small interim Cabinet.
Who is Sushila Karki?
Nepal’s first and only Female Supreme Court Chief Justice, Sushila Karki, was born on June 7, 1952, in Biratnagar. An alumna of Banaras Hindu University, Karki completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Mahendra Morang University in 1972 before pursuing her masters in Political Science from Varanasi in 1975.
Karki served as acting Chief Justice from April 13 to July 10, 2016, and then as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from July 11, 2016, to June 7, 2017. During her tenure, she presided over landmark cases on transitional justice and electoral disputes, reinforcing the judiciary’s role as a guardian of democracy.
Karki also faced an impeachment motion during her tenure when a motion to remove her from the country’s top court was raised in the Parliament by the Maoist Centre and Nepali Congress. The motion was later withdrawn following public pressure and an interim Supreme Court order barring Parliament from proceeding.
Karki is married to Durga Prasad Subedi, a former youth wing leader of the Nepali Congress, whom she met while studying in Banaras.
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Here are 5 things you need to know about her:
• Sushila Karki was Nepal’s first female Chief Justice serving in the role from July 2016 to June 2017. She adopted a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during her tenure.
• Born as the eldest daughter out of seven children, Karki’s family came from a farmer background and had close ties with BP Koirala’s family, who was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960.
• Karki completed her BA from Mahendra Morang Campus in 1972 and MA in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University in 1975. She then completed her Bachelor of Laws from Tribhuvan University in 1978.
• During her tenure, the then Information and Communications Minister Jaiprakash Prasad Gupta was convicted in a corruption case.
• She was briefly suspended from the role of Chief Justice after the lawmakers from the ruling parties – Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) registered an impeachment motion at the House of Representatives in April 2017 against her because of an alleged biased verdict which was crucial to oust the powerful chief of the anti-corruption body over eligibility grounds.
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