Govt never meddles in judicial activities: Minister

The government never interferes in the activities of the judiciary, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.

The minister made the statement when reporters asked what he thought about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s recent remark about judges’ appointment.

Anisul refrained from making any comment on this now, saying that he had not yet gone through the full statement of the Chief Justice Sinha.

Chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday hoped the Jatiya Sangsad would scrap the constitutional provisions that empower the president to control posting, promotion and discipline of lower court judges.

Articles 116 and 116 (A) of the constitution, which deal with promotion, posting and discipline of lower court judges, contradict the basic principles of the constitution, the CJ said.

The chief justice made the observation while he was speaking as the chief guest at a programme at the Supreme Court Bar Association to celebrate veteran Supreme Court lawyer Abdul Baset Majumder's 50th anniversary in law profession.