Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday said the Supreme Court wants issues regarding the caretaker government system to be resolved in a manner that ensures a workable and sustainable framework for democracy, so that no future political crisis arises.
The Judiciary Reform Commission recommends a constitutional amendment with a provision to appoint the senior-most judge of the Appellate Division as chief justice, curbing presidential discretion in the matter.
Syed Refaat Ahmed was sworn in as chief justice at the Bangabhaban today
President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain’s father Advocate Syed Mustafa Ali passes away. He was 94.
Newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain was sworn in yesterday as the 22nd chief justice of Bangladesh.
In an unprecedented instance, the office of the chief justice has remained vacant for 56 days. In the past, the longest period the post lay vacant was less than two weeks, that too under extraordinary circumstances.
A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of keeping the post of chief justice vacant and not appointing a new chief justice.
Law Minister Anisul Huq hopes that a new chief justice will be appointed soon.
Terming the killing of Bangabandhu and his family members “cowardly”, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said many “big
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged everyone to be careful while making comments over constitutional posts like that of the president, the prime minister and the chief justice.
Pro-Awami League lawyers have announced a three-day protest programme against “unexpected, irrelevant and unconstitutional” observation given by the chief justice in the Supreme Court verdict on the 16th amendment case.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said there was no scope for discussions about court proceedings in parliament or in public.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has said war criminals sought to interrupt the trial proceedings through appointing international
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha assigns a High Court bench for hearing three separate appeals in a 25-year-old corruption case filed against former president HM Ershad.
The Supreme Court administration requests the government to tighten security of judges, lawyers, court officials and litigants at the courts across the country.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said trials of extrajudicial killings must be held if any complaint is lodged with a court in this regard.
The Supreme Court yesterday said it would not hold rehearing on most of the 168 cases in which former chief justice Md
Senior pro-BNP lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain urges the chief justice to take steps for rehearing of the case in which the Supreme Court declared caretaker government system illegal.
