Kathmandu, April 5: Sixteen judges including the Chief Justice Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya have so far submitted their property details in accordance with the provision made in the Judicial Council (procedure) Regulations-2056 B.S.

Under the Judicial Council (procedure) Regulations-2056, the   judges are required to submit details of their movable and immovable property in their names as well as their family member’s and the sources of it  at the Judicial Council Secretariat.

The regulations was enforced since January 13 and the judges are required to submit their  property details by end  of the month of Chait (March/April).

Officiating secretary of the Judical Council Jayaprakash Man Singh Maskey said the judges have been sent necessary forms for submitting property details. The property details should be updated by the judges every two years.

The regulations call for the working judges to submit property details within three months and newly appointed judge within 35 days.

At present, there are 238 judges including the Chief Justice, 15 permanent judges and three temporary judges at the Supreme Court, six additional judges and 100 judges including and 120 juidges at the Appellate Courts and 120 judges at the district courts. Spokesman of the Supreme Court Kashi Raj Dahal expressed confidence that all the judges will submit their property details in time.