The Chief Metropolitan Court in Sylhet starts its operation on Sunday
with an attempt to reduce congestion of cases in the district judge
court.
The law ministry in a circular issued on Tuesday transferred the
Sirajganj District Children and Woman Repression Tribunal judge Akbar
Hossain Mridha as chief metropolitan judge in Sylhet and the Dhaka
district joint sessions court judge Mohammad Iftekhar bin Aziz was
also transferred as the additional chief metropolitan judge here,
sources in the public prosecution office said.
The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry on April 21 this
year had made the decision of setting metropolitan court in five
cities, including Sylhet, in the country.
Following the ministry order, three court rooms were set at a building
of the district judge and sessions court to be used as the newly
established CMC, the sources said.
Meanwhile, officials and employees against 28 posts approved by the
law ministry have also been appointed, sources concerned said.
Sylhet District Judge Court additional public prosecutor Shamsul Islam
said that judges and necessary manpower have already been appointed to
operate the CMC.
‘Activities of the court will start with the joining of the judges
concerned next week as all other preparatory work to launch judicial
activities have already been completed,’ he added.
Shamsul said all judiciary works in cases filed with six police
stations under the Sylhet Metropolitan Police would be conducted by
CMC and the process of transferring the cases has already started.
‘CMC was supposed to start functioning on Thursday with the
joint-chief metropolitan judge joining the court. Because of the
consecutive general strike he could not join the office, he added.
Sylhet Judge Court public prosecutor Misbah Uddin Siraj said that the
ongoing sluggishness in trial procedures due to the congestion of
cases and shortage of judges in the region would be reduced once the
CMC starts operating.
‘Judicial activities in all kind of cases filed with the police
stations under Sylhet Metropolitan Police will be run now by the CMC,’
he added. -Our Correspondent
