Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, who is performing functions of the chief justice, has desired to bring some changes in the Supreme Court (SC) administration, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government has taken a decision in principle to include appropriate clauses in all public contracts for arbitration.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) expresses grave concern over the sudden leave of the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

As talks arise over Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s leave, Law Minister Anisul Huq says the chief justice is on the leave for treatment as he is suffering from cancer.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says that his government must go for a “legal challenge” to reinstate the 16th amendment to the constitution protecting independence of the country’s judiciary.

Justice Md Shahinur Islam, a High Court judge and a member of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), is going to be appointed as its chairman, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Law Minister Anisul Huq instructs the prosecutors to take necessary steps for quickly hearing and disposing of the rape cases at the lower courts across the country.

Law Minister Anisul Huq expresses his strong determination that the government must repatriate the perpetrators of the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members to ensure their punishment.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says that the government is taking preparation for seeking review of the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the High Court verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution.

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.

Law Minister Anisul Huq requests the Canadian government to deport Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to Bangladesh for his execution.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday submitted the draft of the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct for the lower court judges to Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Law Minister Anisul Huq submits the much-talked-about draft of the rules of the discipline and code of conducts for the lower court judges to Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1 will be appointed within this week.

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 chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) will be appointed very soon, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says poverty remains the most potent reason for child labour and its eradication is impossible without abolition of poverty.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says there is no alternative to the system of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for freeing the judiciary from the huge backlog of cases.

The Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, which is said to be a hurdle to the freedom of expression, will be made easy through formulating the Digital Security Act, Law Minister Anisul Huq reiterates.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says there is no distance between the judiciary and the government.