Parliament Judiciary The Bhutanese Royal Court of Justice (Dzongkha: དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་པའི་དྲང་ཁྲིམས་ལྷན་སྡེ་; Wylie Dpal-ldan 'Brug-pai Drang-khrims Lhan-sde; Palden Drukpa Drangkhrim Lhende) is the government body which oversees the judicial system of Bhutan.
The Bhutanese justice system has always suffered from a lack of qualified officers with most of the office-holders being civil servants.
In 2008, the Constitution of Bhutan codified the substantive and procedural framework of the Royal Court of Justice.
[2] The Chief Justice, an appointee of the King, sits for a five-year term and chairs the National Judicial Commission, a royal agency.
21, § 6) The Chief Justice and the Drangpons of the High Court serve ten-year terms, or until mandatory retirement at age 60.