Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s wife Sushama Sinha leaves for Australia.

Supreme Court will rehear 161 cases in which former SC judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik issued judgements and orders after his retirement. The apex court will also rehear seven such cases dealt with by former chief justice Muzammel Hossain.

The system of printed cause list, a roll of cases to be heard by the High Court on a day, is to run run till February 15.

Terming judges as conscience of the nation, President Abdul Hamid urges them to remain neutral and utmost sincere in establishing the rule of law in the country.