Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel formally appointed four Supreme Court (SC) judges on Monday.

The four judges whose nominations by the Judicial Council were recently confirmed by the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee (PSHC) are the first in the history of Nepal who had to go through parliamentary hearing.

The four permanent judges of SC include Damodar Prasad Sharma, Ram Kumar Prasad Shah, Kalyan Shrestha and Gauri Dhakal.