HC gets 10 new judges
Ten additional judges have been appointed to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court today, raising the number of HC judges to 97.
President Abdul Hamid made the appointment for two years as per article 98 of the country’s constitution, law ministry sources said.
The new judges are: deputy attorney generals Rajik Al Jalil, Bhismadeb Chakrobarti, Md Selim and Md Sohrawardi, Supreme Court lawyers Khijir Ahmed Chowdhury, Jyotirmoy Narayan Deb Chowdhury and Md Iqbal Kabir Lytton, Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Chittagong SM Mojibur Rahman (now on post retirement leave), Supreme Court Registrar Md Farid Ahmed Shibli and District and Sessions Judge of Gazipur Amir Hossain.
The Awami League-led grand alliance government has so far appointed 68 HC judges since assuming power in early 2009.
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