‘Judges’ conduct rules gazette by July 15’

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said a gazette notification on disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges will be issued by July 15. He made the statement while talking to the journalists at the Judicial Administrative Training Institute in Dhaka on Sunday. In response to a time plea filed by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, the Supreme Court for the last time extended the deadline to issue the gazette notification in the morning, reports the Bangla Tribune. While extending the deadline by two weeks, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said: “It’s last chance.” Govt gets two more weeks to publish judges’ conduct rules gazette The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has yet again extended the deadline to issue a gazette notification on disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges. A seven-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order on Sunday, in response to Attorney General Mahbubey’s time petition. The court extended the deadline by another two weeks, reports UNB. Earlier on several occasions, the apex court expressed dissatisfaction at the government’s failure to issue the gazette notification. On December 12 last year, the court had asked the authorities concerned to issue the gazette by January 15. The deadline was extended several times. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid had decided not to issue the gazette despite a court ordering the government to do so. Then the bench had said that the president might have been misinformed.

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A historic Appellate Division verdict on the Masdar Hossain case mandated drafting a 12-point guideline on the separation of the judiciary from the executive. The government had drafted the rules and sent it to the apex court for its opinion, which made some changes and sent it back for the gazette issuance. So far, the court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue the gazette but in vain. Earlier on several occasions, the apex court expressed dissatisfaction at the government’s failure to issue the gazette notification. On December 12 last year, the court had asked the authorities concerned to issue the gazette by January 15. The deadline was extended several times. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid had decided not to issue the gazette despite a court ordering the government to do so. Then the bench had said that the president might have been misinformed. A historic Appellate Division verdict on the Masdar Hossain case mandated drafting a 12-point guideline on the separation of the judiciary from the executive. The government had drafted the rules and sent it to the apex court for its opinion, which made some changes and sent it back for the gazette issuance. So far, the court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue the gazette but in vain.