211 selected to be asst judges

The Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) has selected 211 candidates against 207 vacant posts of assistant judges in the lower judiciary.
Sources said the commission has selected the additional four candidates as five of them made the same score in the written test and interview.
A circular for recruiting the new judges will be issued after Eid-ul Fitr.
The commission will recommend completing the recruitment after carrying out medical tests and police verifications of the candidates, the sources said, adding that the appointment will be completed within a month.
Meanwhile, the law ministry in a requisition letter has asked the BJSC authorities to select qualified candidates for the appointment of 101 assistant judges through holding necessary tests and examinations.
Sources said only the entry level judicial officials are appointed to the post of assistant judges while the other tiers are filled through promotion and added that about 400 posts of the lower court judges have remained vacant for more than seven years affecting people seeking justice.
The process of appointments of 207 new judges began in November, 2008 when the number of vacant posts of assistant judges was the same, an official concerned said.
The executive magistrates earlier discharging judicial functions were absorbed in the administrative posts after separation of the magistracy through the separation of judiciary from the executive, sources added.
Besides, some of the judges either left the jobs or have been transferred to other services on deputation creating vacancies in the judiciary.
In May last year, the army backed caretaker government appointed 394 assistant judges to courts across the country following separation of the judiciary.