Damodar Prasad Sharma

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Damodar Prasad Sharma (born October 10, 1949) was the Chief Justice of Nepal from 11 April 2014 to 19 October 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was preceded by Khil Raj Regmi [6] [7] succeeded by Ram Kumar Shah. [8]

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