HC gets 23 additional judges
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will read the oath of the newly appointed judges in the Supreme Court at 11am today
The government has appointed 23 additional judges to the High Court (HC) on Tuesday (8 October), raising the number of judges at the HC division to 101.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointment for a two-year term in line with Article 98 of the Constitution, said a Law and Justice Division gazette notification.
Signed by Law Secretary Md Golam Rabbani, the notification said the appointment will come into effect from the date of their oath.
The 23 new additional judges are- Md Golam Martuza Mazumder, Syed Enayet Hossain, Md Monsur Alam, Syed Jahed Mansur, KM Rasheduzzaman Raja, Md Zabid Hossain, Mubina Asaf, Qazi Waliul Islam, Ainun Nahar Siddiqua, Md Abdul Mannan, Tamanna Rahman, Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud, Md Hamidur Rahman, Nasrin Akter, Sathika Hossain, Syed Mohammad Tajrul Hossain, Md Toufik Inam, Eusuf Abdullah Sumon, Sheikh Tahsin Ali, Foyej Ahmed, Md Sogir Hossain, Shikder Mahmudur Razee and Debashish Roy Chowdhury.
Contacted, Supreme Court Spokesperson (Special Officer) Md Moazzem Hossain said Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will read the oath of the newly appointed judges in the Supreme Court at 11am today.
Eligibility of being appointed as a judge
A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge unless he is a citizen of Bangladesh and has, for not less than ten years, been an advocate of the Supreme Court; or has, for not less than ten years, held judicial office in the territory of Bangladesh; or has such qualifications as may be prescribed by law for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.
The law for appointing a judge to the Supreme Court has not been made over the past five decades. In the past, some appointments triggered controversies.