Constitutional amendment to scare judges: BNP

The government’s effort to introduce a new constitutional amendment is intended to keep judges 'in fear', alleges the BNP.
"Parliament is being given the power to impeach Supreme Court judges in a bid to control the court’s activities by keeping the judges in a state of fear," Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan told a press briefing Tuesday.
If this becomes an act, the cabinet-led government's chief executive the prime minister will gain 'hundred per cent power' to interfere in the affairs of the judiciary, he claimed.
"And this will let the executives have total control over the appointment and removal of judges in the country’s courts."
The law minister placed the ‘Constitution (16th Amendment) Bill-2014’ in Parliament  Sunday seeking to restore Parliament’s authority to impeach a Supreme Court judge on grounds of misbehaviour or incapacity, according to a news agency.