Executive magistrates to get temporary judicial power

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Law adviser Mainul Hosein Tuesday said executive magistrates will be given temporary judicial power in some specific cases until the rules on separation of the judiciary were amended. Judicial power will be given to the executive magistrates in specific cases by amending the rules, he told reporters after a meeting. The executive magistrates would get judicial powers in some cases including maintaining law and order through summary trials, conducting anti-adulteration drives, eviction drives, visiting examination halls and conducting mobile courts as per the power under sections 260 to 265 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).