Three lawmakers from the National Assembly have been nominated for the Parliamentary Hearing Committee. A meeting of the National Assembly held on Wednesday decided to nominate lawmakers Jug Prasad Sharma, Devendra Dahal and Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi to the committee. They were nominated as per the recommendation of National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina.

There is a provision to have a Parliamentary Committee to hear the names proposed for the appointment to the posts of Chief Justice, Supreme Court judges, Judicial Council members or officials of the constitutional bodies and ambassadors.

The committee should have a total of 15 members—12 from the House of Representatives and three from the National Assembly.