Nat'l judicial confce today

The daylong National Judicial Conference 2017 will be held today for discussing the relevant issues regarding the judiciary including backlog of cases, digitisation, effective court administration and case management.

The Supreme Court has arranged the event under the theme, “Justice for all”. It will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka, Barrister Mohammad Saifur Rahman, a special officer at the SC, told The Daily Star.

President Abdul Hamid will inaugurate the conference as the chief guest.

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, who is now discharging the responsibilities of the chief justice, will preside over the inaugural programme where Law Minister Anisul Huq, Law Secretary ASSM Zahirul Haque, SC acting registrar general Md Zakir Hossain and general secretary (in charge) of Judicial Service Association Bikash Kumar Saha will speak.

Saifur said Justice Wahhab will exchange views with district judges and officials with equivalent rank, and deliver a speech at the SC tomorrow afternoon.

He also informed that the president will host a dinner for the judges at Bangabhaban tomorrow.