Rules for Judges: SC annoyed, gives govt 2 more weeks

The Supreme Court yesterday again expressed annoyance at the government for seeking more time to issue a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges.

The apex court said the attorney general had earlier submitted petitions for one or two weeks' time. Now the AG sought four more weeks and might seek another eight weeks later.

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A seven-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha finally gave the government two weeks to issue the gazette notification while hearing the Masdar Hossain case, popularly known as the judiciary separation case.

The chief justice hoped the government would issue the gazette notification and then submit it to the court within the timeframe.

Earlier in the day, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam sought adjournment of the hearing for four weeks.

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, a senior bench member, told the AG that Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, another member of the bench, would retire on July 7, the chief justice in January next year and then he would follow suit.

“I feel really ashamed,” Justice Wahhab said in an apparent reference to the possibility that the gazette notification may not be published during their tenure.

The judiciary was officially separated from the executive in November 2007.