Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday afternoon said that the government will finalise the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct for the sub-ordinate court judges by the next week.The also said that the rules will be finalised after a meeting with the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday next.
The minister said this while talking to newsmen after holding a meeting with the Chief Justice at his yesterday afternoon.
Anisul Huq hoped that a gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and code of conduct for lower court judges will be issued by the end of the next week. “After finalising the rules, it will be sent to the president and after getting president’s approval, the gazette notification will be issued,” he said.
Earlier July 2, the Supreme Court gave the government a two-week ultimatum for issuing the gazette. Before this, the court had directed the government several times to publish a gazette notification on the rules.
The lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for the sub-ordinate court judges are yet to be finalised. – Special Correspondent
