PM urges judges, lawyers to be more humanitarian to litigants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the judges and lawyers to be more humanitarian and serve the litigants with extra care to reduce their sufferings in the court of justice.
"It's not possible to lessen the sufferings of the people only through framing laws and development of the infrastructure of the judicial system. Our judges and lawyer should be more caring and come forward with the mentality of giving service to the litigants," she said.
The prime minister was addressing the inauguration programmes of the National Legal Aid Day, 2017 at Osmani Memorial Hall here this morning.
Hasina said, "The three organs of a state- legislative, executive and judiciary- must work together with consensus. A state can never run properly if the organs trade blames against each other," she said questing everybody to remain careful about this.
"Power of an organ is not less than the power of another one. We formulate law and judiciary is the executor of the law with the support of the executive. None can function independently. Every wing should function together with consensus," she added.
"We want to build such a society where there will have no discrimination between poor and rich and people will have the opportunity to enjoy all basic rights as enshrined in the constitution for changing their lot in life" she said.
The prime minister urged all to help expanding the public legal aid system at the grassroots level to give it an institutional shape.
Minister for Law and Justice Anisul Huq presided over the function while secretary of the Law and Justice Division of the Ministry of Law Abu Saleh Sk Md Zahirul Haque and Acting Director of the National Legal Aid Services Organization Mostafizur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.
Highlighting the steps taken by her government for development of the judiciary the prime minister said there is no alternative to an independent judiciary to establish the rule of law. The Awami league government is always sincere to establish an independent judiciary, she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the Constitution of Bangladesh framed by Bangabandhu government in 1972 is a unique pillar of justice and equality which guaranteed the basic rights of the citizens. Bangabandhu himself is a witness to the culture of lawlessness. As a sufferer Bangabandhu incorporated the issues of human rights in the Constitution, she said.
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