India, Sept. 12 -- Eminent jurist Sushila Karki, 73, was set to took oath as interim prime minister of Nepal on Friday evening after Gen-Z groups chose her as their leader on Friday, just days after overthrowing the coalition regime they saw as irrevocably corrupt.

The first woman to hold the highest executive position in the Himalayan country, she primarily plans to guide the country into its next elections, which she has said she wants to conduct in six months to a year. She was also the first woman - so far the only one - to serve as chief justice of the Nepal.

Her tenure as CJ was marked by a strict anti-corruption stance, which made her popular among a young population frustrated with the old order, irrespective of herself being in...