Gazette on judges' conduct: Court order on Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has deferred the date for the order regarding the gazette on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges.

A five-member Appellate Division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah set January 3 as the fresh date this morning.

Earlier, the court set today (Tuesday) for the order.

On December 11, 2017, the government finally issued the gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges.

The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry published the gazette in consultation with the Supreme Court and the consent of the President.

The lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for lower court judges had not been formulated.

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

The Law Ministry on May 7, 2015 sent a draft of the rules to the Supreme Court which was similar to the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1985.

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