Appeal for Writer in Exam: HC drops visually impaired candidate’s petition
The High Court yesterday refused to direct the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) to allow a visually impaired candidate a writer at the time of examination for the post of an assistant judge.
The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader dropped the writ petition filed by visually impaired Sudip Das, seeking its directive on BJSC, from its hearing list.
The preliminary test of the BJSC examinations will be held today.
The HC bench passed the order after hearing arguments from Additional Attorney General Murad Reza and petitioner’s lawyer Cumar Debul Dey.
Murad opposed the petition, saying there is no law for allowing any candidate a writer during BJSC examinations. Besides, Sudip Das will not qualify in the vision test, he argued.
Cumar said BJSC issued an admit card to Sudip, and had not mentioned in its circular that visually impaired candidates cannot sit for exam. He prayed to the HC to order BJSC to allow Sudip a writer for the exams.
Advocate Debul told The Daily Star that Sudip will go to the exam hall in order to attend the preliminary test today, even though he may not be able to write answers to the questions without a writer.
Sudip Das, who completed LLB and LLM from Chittagong University, submitted the writ petition to the HC on November 6, saying that he has become a candidate for the post of assistant judge in the 13th BJSC examinations, as he wants to serve the nation as a judge.
He said he had already applied to BJSC on November 5 to allow him a writer, as the preliminary test will be held today.
Sudip, from Pahartali in Chattogram city, said BJSC had not responded to his application. Earlier, BJSC verbally refused his applications twice, he added.
In the writ petition, Sudip also challenged the refusals.
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