Mukti Pradhan sworn-in as new Attorney General

KATHMANDU, Sept. 9: In the presence of President Dr Ram Baran Yadav, Chief Justice, Khila Raj Regmi administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Attorney General, Mukti Narayan Pradhan at a special function held at the Rastrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas Friday evening.



Vice-president Parmananda Jha, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, Speaker Subas Nembang, Minister for Law, Hridayesh Tripathi and heads of constitutional bodies were present on the occasion.[break]



Earlier, Prime Minister Bhattarai appointed Pradhan, a resident of Dolakha the Attorney General.



Born in 2017 B.S., Pradhan completed the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) from Bhimeswar Secondary School. He earned a LLM degree from Nepal Law Campus and is involved in the legal profession since 2039 B.S.



Talking in brief to RSS after taking the oath today, Attorney General Pradhan expressed the commitment to change the customary concept of criminal justice.



Stating that he would work to ensure that the judicial sector receives priority in the new constitution, Mr. Pradhan expressed the determination to also work to clean up the judicial sector.

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