Ensure justice seekers are not harassed

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged judges and lawyers to work together to ensure that justice seekers are not harassed.

"People come to you for seeking support in solving their problems and getting justice. So you have to be careful so that no one is harassed," he said in a virtual address to the inauguration ceremony for the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Building and the "Rastrapati Abdul Hamid Building".

Law Minister Anisul Huq presided over the programme of the Kishoreganj District Lawyers Association.

Hamid said not only the rule of law in the country, but also the establishment of good governance as per the expectations of people should be the goal of all.

The benefits of the Liberation War must be delivered everywhere by establishing the rule of law and justice, he said.

Saying there is no alternative to an independent judiciary in establishing the rule of law, Hamid said the present government is very sincere in ensuring the independence of the judiciary.

Special attention has been given to increasing the number of judges, training and resolving the court crises as well as case management.

He added that legal aid offices have been set up in 64 districts and in the Supreme Court to provide legal assistance to the poor and disadvantaged.

"Through this effort, poor and helpless people are getting legal support."

The president who hails from Kishoreganj said it is a great pleasure for him to inaugurate the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Building in Kishoreganj as his life is connected with this district.