The government will seek a review for expunging some of the remarks of the chief justice in the Supreme Court verdict of 16th amendment case, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

The reason on which the Supreme Court has scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution is not acceptable to the government, Law Minister Anisul Huq says. “We have decided to take initiative to expunge the objectionable and irrelevant observations made by the chief justice in the judgement,” Anisul Huq said at a press conference.

We hope that instead of a knee-jerk reaction, the present ruling leadership will see the merit of the criticisms made and do their own homework so that all the vital organs of our constitution can work together and establish a functional state under law.

The government will finalise the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct for lower court judges by next week, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

The Supreme Court gives a two weeks time to the government for issuing a gazette notification on the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct for lower court judges.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha alleges that a vested quarter is out there creating a distance between the government and the judiciary.

The number of total pending cases lying with the High Court Division till March 31, 2016 were 3,99,303, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

The High Court is likely to deliver a final decision on the legality of empowering administrative officials to perform judicial functions this month, as it is about to finish hearing arguments on the seven-year-old relevant writ petition.

Corruption prevails everywhere across the country and judiciary is nothing different, Chief Justice SK Sinha says.

BNP today termed statements of two ministers about the chief justice ‘audacious’ and ‘threatening’.

It has been a long settled principle across the globe that without upholding the independence of the judiciary, no country will be able to strengthen democracy. It is because independent courts are the hallmark of a strong democratic society.

A High Court bench drops a bail petition of BNP leader Mirza Abbas in connection with a corruption case from its hearing list.

The High Court questions the legality of the action of authorities concerned for giving VIP status to war criminal Ghulam Azam’ wife and two other family members at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.