Judges’ code: SC wants to ‘revoke president’s power’, says law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the Supreme Court wants to “take away the president’s power” as per the article 116 of the constitution regarding the discipline of lower court judges.
“They [Supreme Court judges] have corrected the [disciplinary] rules in which it is seen that they want to take away the powers of the president provided under the article 116 of the constitution,” he said.
The law minister was speaking to a meeting organised by Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad at the Supreme Court Bar Association on the occasion of the preparation and orientation for holding a convention.
Article 116 says, “The control (including the power of posting, promotion and grant of leave) and discipline of persons employed in the judicial service and magistrates exercising judicial functions shall vest in the president and shall be exercised by him in consultation with the Supreme Court.”
The law minister said there is a serious apprehension that it might conflict with the power of the president as provided in the article 116 of the constitution.
On Sunday, the SC refused to accept in full the draft rules determining the discipline of lower court judges, and said the rules were a u-turn on the top court's directives.
“And it cannot go on like this,” Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who was heading a six-member bench of the apex court, said during the hearing on the Masdar Hossain case.
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