2024-05-07 07:45:08
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque has said that various steps have been taken including the appointment of judges in the high court to reduce the tangle of cases.
He said that the process of making the law in this regard has also been completed.
The Law Minister gave this information in response to a supplementary question by Opposition Chief Whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu in the National Parliament session on Monday (May 6). Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury presided over the session.
Law Minister Anisul Haque said, “It is true that the number of cases has increased and with it, but we have created courts and increased the number of judges.” What has never happened before is that it was not a system of reserve judges with examination in Bangladesh Judicial Service Cadre before the vacancy of judges. But now we do it so that when a judge retires, that position is not vacant, so that we can fill it in quickly. The second thing that is being done is for the creation of the posts of judges and the creation of courts. That actually we think will try to reduce the entanglement of the garland. Other efforts are also underway to reduce the number of cases.
The Law Minister said, it has certainly been seen that there were at least 100 judges in the High Court Division, now it has reduced, many have retired, many have gone to the Appellate Division. In that case, it has come down to 84 people. I can tell Parliament that the President will use his constitutional powers to appoint High Court judges very soon. At the same time, I want to say another thing, but we have finished the law for the appointment of judges. The second step that we are taking is that a time and date will be given very soon to talk to the stakeholders about the law regarding the appointment of judges in the High Court as well.