The BNP has termed outgoing Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik extremely wrong-headed.
The party also said Justice Manik's letter to the president asking for the impeachment of the chief justice for gross misconduct is a rare and bad example in the country's judiciary system.
The objections that Justice Manik mentioned in his letter are more aptly applicable to him, Asaduzzaman Ripon, spokesperson of the party, told journalists at a press briefing at party's Nayapaltan headquarters Wednesday.
His such letter was aimed only to tarnish the image of the Chief Justice, he said.
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A few days ago Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik wrote a letter to the president asking him to impeach the Chief Justice for his gross misconduct, violating constitutional oath, said Ripon.
In the letter sent to President Abdul Hamid on Sunday, the SC judge alleged that Chief Justice SK Sinha out of his personal grudge removed him from the apex court bench.
The SC judge said the Chief Justice had not given him jurisdiction to sit in the bench from September 9.
However, President’s Press Secretary Zainul Abedin said they did not receive any such letter during office on Sunday.
Law Minister Anisul Huq said he also did not get any letter and he cannot make any comment until he receives the letter.
Ripon said: “A chief justice is not only a person rather an institution. It is not a matter of consideration which religion he believes in.”
An attempt to humiliate the Chief Justice or tarnish the image of him is a rare and bad example in the country's judiciary. It is not expected to anyone, he went on to say.
The BNP leader said when BNP was in power they investigated into the conduct of Manik and found that he was an extremely wrong-headed man.
And that was the reason Manik was not appointed permanently at that time, he told the briefing.
