From BHU to Nepal's interim leader: Sushila Karki's Indian ties and a past connected to a hijacking
- Team TOI Plus
- Updated: Sep 13, 2025, 16:32 IST IST
Sushila Karki, Nepal's first female chief justice, has a reputation for standing up to corruption in a graft-ridden society. Her husband was one of the three involved in Nepal's first hijacking
Nepal installed Sushila Karki, a former chief justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court, as the leader of an interim government on Friday (September 12), after anger over a bloody crackdown on protests forced out Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Karki, 73, the country’s first female chief justice, has a reputation for standing up to corruption in a graft-ridden society.
Karki, 73, the country’s first female chief justice, has a reputation for standing up to corruption in a graft-ridden society.
