Kathmandu — Advocate Meghraj Pokharel has been elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Senior Advocate Pokharel won the election for the leadership of the Supreme Court Bar Association by securing 368 votes. The candidates for the post of President were Senior Advocate Mahesh Kumar Thapa who received 181 votes and Advocate Prem Singh Dhami who received 15 votes.

Advocate Ambar Bahadur Raut has won the post of Vice-President. Advocate Raman Kumar Karna won the post of Secretary and Advocate Pundevi Maharjan Sujana was elected as Joint Secretary.

Advocate Ramchandra Poudel has been elected as Treasurer and Shashi Basnet has been elected as a female member.

Similarly, advocates Durga Mohan Shrestha, Indra Shekhar Khadka, Pradeep Kumar Shrestha, Pradeep Kumar Rajbanshi, Nageshwar Prasad Chaudhary, Nirmal Prasad Upadhyay, Om Krishna Shrestha, Pramod Regmi and Shatis Raj Mainali have been elected as members.