Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the lower courts to immediately inform the registrar general office if there is any unexpected incident take placed during the judicial functioning.
The apex court authorities came up with the directive by issuing a circular just a day after agitating lawyers vandalised a Chittagong court after it rejected a bail petition of their fellow lawyer and his wife in a human trafficking case.Appropriate departmental action will be taken against those who will violate the directive, said the circular signed by Registrar of the High Court Division of the SC Abu Sayed Dilzar Hossain.
The circular said, the apex court authority noticed that some unexpected incidents have taken place at the lower courts recently.
The circular also said, the lower courts are supposed to inform the incidents immediately to the Supreme Court so that it can able to take necessary steps against the responsible persons. But, the lower court authorities did not inform and therefore the SC authorities cannot take necessary steps, the circular added.
Agitating lawyers vandalised a Chittagong court on Wednesday after the court rejected a bail petition of their fellow lawyer and his wife in a human trafficking case.
The two accused, however, secured bail from another Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court.
Police arrested them at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday night in connection with helping two people, including a Rohingya woman named Rozia, to go to Saudi Arabia with fake Umrah visas.
Police produced the two accused — Jamal Hossain and his wife Yasmin Akhter — before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shadat Hossain Bhuiyan and sought a five-day remand for each of them.
As the court rejected their bail prayer, the lawyers started screaming, said a court police, seeking anonymity.
At that time, the judge left the courtroom hurriedly and went to his chamber.
The agitating lawyers then vandalised the nameplate of the judge, windows of his chamber and ransacked the files at the courtroom, said police. – Staff Reporter
