KATHMANDU, Feb. 19 -- Senior-most Justice at the Supreme Court Deepak Raj Joshi resigned from the post on Tuesday.

Joshi submitted his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari via Chief Justice Cholendra Sumsher Rana, according to sources.

Earlier on Jan 2, a meeting of the Judicial Council (JC) headed by the newly-appointed Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra SJB Rana had stripped of all his official responsibilities. The meeting had removed Justice Joshi from his chamber at the apex court.

A room shared by other SC staffers was given to Justice Joshi in the annex of the SC though there was a practice of giving separate chambers to the justices of the apex court according to their seniority.

Similarly, Joshi was removed from the five-me...