It's impossible to make both parties happy

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday expressed discontent over comments made before the media against judges following the Supreme Court judgment on war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
“In every case, there are two sides. In a criminal case, it is not possible to make both parties happy,” said tribunal chairman Justice Enayetur Rahim.
On Wednesday, the country's apex court commuted the Jamaat-e-Islami leader's death sentence to imprisonment until death. The ICT-1 in February last year awarded Sayedee capital punishment for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
Immediately after its pronouncement, the SC verdict drew criticisms from different quarters.
“It seems [from what the people said] we must find an accused guilty of all charges pressed by the prosecution,” said Justice Enayetur during the proceedings of the war crimes case against ATM Azharul Islam yesterday.
“We can make mistakes in assessing any charge but there is always the option to go to the Supreme Court.”
Enayetur, a High Court judge who was deputed to head the tribunal in February this year, also explained the roles of the judiciary.
“Judiciary is the last resort for people to seek justice. We are oath-bound to keep judiciary's dignity intact," he said, adding when both the contending parties question the judges, the very existence of judiciary comes into question.
The ICT-1 chief earlier criticised the prosecution for not submitting necessary documents for trial. “You [prosecution] leave matters upon the judges as if they were supposed to correct everything.”
Another tribunal member Justice Jahangir Hossain asked the prosecution why they brought "unnecessary documents" to the tribunal in Azhar's case.
In response, prosecutor Tureen Afroz admitted their mistakes and said, “Of course, we made some mistakes. But ... we are trying to correct those.”