Investigate CG's unconstitutional acts

Pro-BNP lawyers yesterday demanded formation of an investigation committee led by a senior judge of the Supreme Court (SC) to probe into "unconstitutional acts" of the immediate-past military-backed caretaker government (CG).
The demand was made by Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon, also a BNP lawmaker, at a press briefing at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) building in the city.
The BNP demand came three days after a remark by just-elevated SC judge Surendra Kumar Sinha saying that an attempt was made to remove him illegally from the High Court during the rule of the caretaker government.
Barrister Khokon also alleged that the law ministry had provided "untrue" information to the chief justice about the number of pending cases of the appellate division before the recent appointment of four new judges to this court.
He said the ministry in a letter on June 29 said there were 1,20,095 cases pending with the appellate division till December 31, 2008.
But in a reply to the law minister on June 30, the chief justice said the number of pending cases in the court was 6,247 till that date, he added.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed has turned down the allegation, saying that an assistant registrar of the SC had officially provided him with the number of cases of the apex court for placing at parliament during a question-answer session.
He, however, said his ministry will examine if there is any confusion about the number of pending cases at the apex court.