CJ exchanges views with legal experts to update judicial system

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan today exchanged views with eminent legal experts, including constitution framers Dr Kamal Hossain and Barrister M Amir-Ul-Islam, for formulating a long-term plan to update the judicial system.

A source present at the meeting said the long-term plan would seek to make the judicial system more accessible to the people.

The chief justice heard and solicited opinions and suggestions from the jurists at a meeting held in the conference room of the Supreme Court this afternoon.

At the meeting, the jurists said they would also give written suggestions to Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, who presided over the meeting, on this issue.

Judges of the SC's Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, and Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique; Attorney General AM Amin Uddin; Supreme Court Bar Association's President Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir, and its Secretary Md Abdun Nur Dulal; former attorney generals AF Hasan Ariff, and Fida M Kamal; former presidents of SCBA Mainul Hosein, and Yusuf Hossain Humayun; and Additional Attorney Generals SM Munir, Sk Md Morshed and Mohammad, Mehedi Hassan Chowdhury, among others, attended the meeting,

SC Spokesperson and Appellate Division Registrar Mohammad Saifur Rahman told The Daily Star.