The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The President has promulgated an ordinance providing for Supreme Judicial Commission that will recommend to the President efficient candidates for appointment of Additional Judges of the High Court and judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

The ordinance notified in the gazette on March 16 provides for a nine-member Supreme Judicial Commission with the Chief Justice as its chairman.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, two senior most judges of the Appellate Division, Attorney General, an MP to be nominated by parliament, an MP to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association will be members of the Commission. The Law Secretary will act as its member-secretary.

The Commission will recommend two names to the President for appointment as Additional Judges to vacancies in the High Court. It will recommend three to five names among the High Court judges for elevation to the Appellate Division.

During the selection procession of Additional Judges, the Commission is to examine the academic qualification, professional aptitude, goodwill and honesty of the candidates.

For the post of the Appellate Division, the Commission is examine the competence of the judges in dispensation of justice, honesty and goodwill.