The High Court yesterday summoned former chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda to explain his comment that the judiciary was politicised.
The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain asked him to appear on June 3.
According to a media report, Huda said on Saturday: “All constitutional bodies, including the Election Commission and the Public Service Commission, as well as the judiciary have been politicised, and incompetent people are getting important posts there...the constitutional bodies have to be freed from politicisation. Otherwise, the country will go backwards.”
The former bureaucrat made the comment at a discussion on the findings of a study conducted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue on political parties and democracy in Bangladesh.
The bench also issued a rule seeking explanations in two weeks time as to why contempt of court proceedings should not be brought against him for maligning the dignity of the judiciary.
The home secretary, inspector general of police (IGP), Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner, deputy commissioner of Dhaka and OC of Gulshan police station were made respondents to the rule.