Kedar Nath Upadhyay  Kedar Nath Upadhyay was a Nepalese judge who served as 14th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 6 December 2002 to 21 January 2004. He was appointed by the then-Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Koirala. Upadhyay was preceded by Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya and succeeded by Govinda Bahadur Shrestha.