Judges' code of conduct: Govt gets more time

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday extended timeframe for the government till 10 December to publish a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges.

A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order following a petition seeking extension for time.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on behalf of the State filed the petition seeking the extended time for issuing the gazette notification.

Earlier, the government sought time in several phases to publish a gazette notification in this regard.

The Supreme Court on November 7 last year ordered the government to issue a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges by 24 November.

On December 2 in 1999, the Supreme Court in the Masdar Hossain case issued a 12-point directive, including formulating separate disciplinary rules for the lower court judges.

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