A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a letter to former Appellate Division judge Justice Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik asking him to apologise before the nation “for making derogatory remarks against the chief justice and the Judiciary.”
In the letter, Advocate Zulfiqur Ali urged the former judge to withdraw his “controversial statement” involving Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and the judiciary of the country.
The letter was sent by post on Thursday afternoon, SC lawyer Ehsanur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.
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“The CJ said that the executive wing of the state had been taking away the autonomy of judiciary, which is not true at all. He is spreading false information to ruin the government’s popularity ... I think he should step down.
“How come he is still holding the position of chief justice even after confessing that he was a member of a peace committee [during the Liberation War]?”
When he was a High Court judge in 2012, Justice Manik had accused the then speaker of the Parliament Abdul Hamid, now the president, of committing an offence tantamount to sedition.
He accused Hamid for making a comment in the House on a High Court order.
He also said the speaker was completely ignorant of the apex court and the constitution.
Following his comments, the MPs reacted sharply and blasted Justice Manik.
In an unscheduled discussion in the parliament on June 5, 2012, they accused him of violating the constitution for making derogatory remarks about the speaker.
