Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday said it is essential to formulate a law in line with the constitution for appointment of judges in higher court in a quick manner and maintaining transparency.
“I’m happy to know that the government has started working to formulate a law for the appointment of judges for the High Court,” he said.
The chief justice was speaking at a ceremony organized on the occasion of his farewell at the Chief Justice’s court, in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, reports BSS.
He said: “People’s confidence is the source of internal strength of the judiciary of an independent country and to achieve this confidence, judges will have to remain conscious about ever changing legal and technological issues along with attaining high moral value and character.”
Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, who will retire on December 30, sat in the courtroom for hearing and disposing of cases on his last working day on Wednesday, as the court will go into a two-week annual vacation on Thursday.