Justice Md Muzammel Hossain was on Wednesday appointed the 20th chief
justice of Bangladesh superseding senior-most Appellate Division judge Shah
Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman once again.
The president, Zillur Rahman, made the appoint- ment with effect from May
18, said an official gazette notification issued on Wednesday.
Justice Muzammel Hossain will replace the incumbent chief justice ABM
Khairul Haque, who will retire on May 17.
With the appointment of Justice Muzammel, Justice Nayeem was superseded for
the second time.
Justice Khairul Haque was appointed chief justice on September 26, 2010
superseding two senior judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
— Justice Md Abdul Matin and Justice Nayeem.
The Supreme Court Bar Association has earlier demanded appointment of the
senior-most Appellate Division judge as chief justice.
The bar association president, Khondker Mahbub Hossain, on Wednesday told
New Age that the association would hold its special general meeting today to
decide its action in protest at the supersession.
'We will protest at the supersession in the appointment of the chief justice
as such supersession is always done on political considerations and it
tarnishes the image of the judiciary,' he said.
Justice Nayeem is unlikely to be the chief justice as he will retire on
November 15, 2011 and Justice Muzammel will retire on January 17, 2015.
If the constitutional provisions relating to caretaker government are not
amended by the parliament, the outgoing chief justice Khairul Haque will
remain eligible to head the caretaker government during the next general
elections to be held by April 2014.
Justice Nayeem went on leave on September 30, 2010 when Justice Khairul
Haque was appointed chief justice superseding him.
Although he joined the Supreme Court on January 30 after the leave, he told
the chief justice, as he mentioned in a letter, that he was unable to
discharge his judicial duties sitting in the bench led by Justice Khairul,
who was junior to him.
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