Politicians held responsible for weak judiciary
Sunday, 19 August 2007
Speakers at a meeting in the city Saturday accused the political parties of having held down the judiciary under their absolute control to serve their self interest.
As a result, freedom of people and protection of their rights have been gradually weakening, they observed at the exchange-of-opinion meeting.
The meet titled 'What is the way out from the disaster happening in the 21st century in the process of appointing judges to the higher judiciary' was organised by the Citizens Rights Movement (CRM), reports UNB.
Justice Syed Amirul Islam, who returned to his legal profession after retirement, was present at the function as the chief guest.
Presided over by CRM Adviser M Alfaz, it was also addressed, among others by, Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Mohsen Rashid, Editor of the daily Shamokal Abed Khan, columnist Syed Abul Moqsud and CRM Secretary General Tusher Rehman.
Syed Amirul Islam, firing a broadside at the politicos, said the politicians did never want the judiciary to function independently because of their "corrupt practice".
Identifying the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution as an impediment to appointment of judges to the higher judiciary sans executive control, the former High Court judge said politicians often criticise the Fourth Amendment.
But they did not even feel it necessary to revive the provision that the judges would be appointed by the President in consultation with the Supreme Court, he added.
"Because all political parties want to see the judiciary week so that they could continue their misrule and misdeed," he observed.
Justice Islam was a victim of jumping the queue by his juniors in elevation to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Islam was superseded by two from the Bench, and he retired last January as a High Court judge.
He said country's main problem is to find out capable and honest persons at every level, including the judiciary and the executive as well.
He also underscored the need for launching a movement that has to be initiated by the civil society in choosing honest, capable and independent-minded personalities for the Benches in the higher court.
As a result, freedom of people and protection of their rights have been gradually weakening, they observed at the exchange-of-opinion meeting.
The meet titled 'What is the way out from the disaster happening in the 21st century in the process of appointing judges to the higher judiciary' was organised by the Citizens Rights Movement (CRM), reports UNB.
Justice Syed Amirul Islam, who returned to his legal profession after retirement, was present at the function as the chief guest.
Presided over by CRM Adviser M Alfaz, it was also addressed, among others by, Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Mohsen Rashid, Editor of the daily Shamokal Abed Khan, columnist Syed Abul Moqsud and CRM Secretary General Tusher Rehman.
Syed Amirul Islam, firing a broadside at the politicos, said the politicians did never want the judiciary to function independently because of their "corrupt practice".
Identifying the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution as an impediment to appointment of judges to the higher judiciary sans executive control, the former High Court judge said politicians often criticise the Fourth Amendment.
But they did not even feel it necessary to revive the provision that the judges would be appointed by the President in consultation with the Supreme Court, he added.
"Because all political parties want to see the judiciary week so that they could continue their misrule and misdeed," he observed.
Justice Islam was a victim of jumping the queue by his juniors in elevation to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Islam was superseded by two from the Bench, and he retired last January as a High Court judge.
He said country's main problem is to find out capable and honest persons at every level, including the judiciary and the executive as well.
He also underscored the need for launching a movement that has to be initiated by the civil society in choosing honest, capable and independent-minded personalities for the Benches in the higher court.