Measures underway to resolve problems: Chief justice
Chief Justice (CJ) MM Ruhul Amin yesterday said necessary measures are already underway to resolve the problems arisen after the separation of judiciary.
“We are trying to sort out the problems first to find out their possible solutions,” he added.
The CJ said this at a reception organised by Sylhet District Bar Association at the Bar Library Hall with its President Dewan Golam Rabbani Chowdhury in the chair.
The CJ said bar and bench should work together to ensure justice of the people. Besides, cordial as well as effective relation between them is a must for quicker disposal of cases.
As the problems arisen out of shortage of judges were brought to the notice of Ruhul, he assured all of taking priority measures considering the importance of Sylhet region.
The process of appointing new judges is on, he mentioned.
The CJ was informed that a total of 35,000 cases, including 16,000 cases in session courts, had been pending in different courts in Sylhet while a good number of posts of judges and judicial magistrates had been lying vacant here.
Supreme Court Registrar Md Shaokat Hossain, District and Sessions Judge of Sylhet Md Momin Ullah, District Bar Association General Secretary Abdal Ahmed Chowdhury and Complaint and Vigilance Committee chief of Bangladesh Bar Council Misbah Uddin Siraj also spoke.
Earlier, the CJ observed the functions of different courts in Sylhet.
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