Balram Prasad Singh elected president of the High Court Bar Association, Rajbiraj
Singh, the candidate of a joint panel of three groups, won the 12 September election. A tie for treasurer was settled by drawing lots.
Advocate Balram Prasad Singh has been elected president of the High Court Bar Association, Rajbiraj, the body representing lawyers who practise before the Rajbiraj bench of the Janakpur High Court. Voting for the two-year term took place on Saturday 12 September (27 Bhadau 2083 BS), and the results were announced the next day, Rajdhani Daily reported.
Singh stood for a joint panel of three groups. His rivals for president were Advocate Navin Kumar Singh of the Brihat Prajatantrik (broad democratic) group and independent candidate Dev Bahadur Katuwal.
Other office-bearers
Candidates from the winning panel took the other office-bearer posts: Binod Bahadur Pandey (vice-president), Parvati Kumari Joshi (secretary), Asmita Thapa (joint secretary) and Bhogi Lal Yadav (treasurer).
The treasurer’s race was tied, with Bhogi Lal Yadav and Upendra Yadav of the Brihat Prajatantrik group each receiving 94 votes. By agreement of both groups’ representatives the result was decided by drawing lots, which Bhogi Lal Yadav won, the paper said.
The executive committee members reported elected are Dinesh Kumar Singh, Surendra Prasad Yadav, Dr Shiva Narayan Yadav, Satish Kumar Datta, Dilip Kumar Yadav, Balkrishna Karki, Ramnarayan Chaudhary and Santosh Kumar Chaudhary. The results for members and councillors show candidates from both main groups were elected.
A three-way contest
On 31 August (15 Bhadau), Hanskhabar reported that the Ganatantrik, Loktantrik and Pragatishil groups had announced a joint panel with Balram Prasad Singh as presidential candidate. Rajbiraj Dainik reported the same day that three people had filed for president and that Dorikal Chaudhary was the election officer.
According to Rajdhani Daily, earlier elections had been contests between two groups; this time an independent candidate also stood. The outgoing president was from the Brihat Prajatantrik group. No formal objection to or complaint about the result has been made public.
What bar units do
Bar associations at high and district courts are units of the Nepal Bar Association, the national body of lawyers. They look after lawyers’ professional interests in their area, coordinate with the courts and run services such as free legal aid, and take part in the central bar’s policy-making through their representatives. Other high court bars, including Patan, have also held elections this year.
Sources
Candidacies and the election date are confirmed by three outlets. The results rely on the Rajdhani Daily report alone. We have not published vote totals for president because the totals in that report do not reconcile with its own figures for valid ballots. This article will be updated if the election committee publishes official results.
Other reporting
- Balram wins the bar; Bhogi Lal becomes treasurer by drawing lots — Rajdhani Daily, 13 September 2026 (28 Bhadau 2083)
- Bahadur’s entry makes the Rajbiraj High Court Bar contest interesting — Rajdhani Daily, 5 September 2026 (20 Bhadau 2083)
- Three candidates for president of the Rajbiraj High Court Bar Association — Rajbiraj Dainik, 31 August 2026 (15 Bhadau 2083)
- Three groups announce joint panel for Rajbiraj High Court Bar election — Hanskhabar, 31 August 2026 (15 Bhadau 2083)
- Janakpur High Court, Rajbiraj bench — Supreme Court of Nepal
