Staff Reporter :
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday (Saturday) urged the critics to wait for more to know the reality of his statements.
“If anyone thinks that he makes ‘political statements’ he will continue to do so for the sake of the judiciary,” he told a function at the Supreme Court Auditorium.
“If anyone thinks that my statements are political then I’ll do that more for the sake of the judiciary,” he said.
The function was arranged to award country’s first female judge Nazmun Ara Sultana as she went on retirement.
“Honourable [Law] Minister, I’m telling you the main building of the Supreme Court is in very bad shape-rainwater drops on the chair I sit on, while the main record room of the High Court and the Appellate Division is also situated in this building,” Sinha said.
Law Minister Anisul Huq was also present at the function.
“The proposal for building a new annex building is still pending with ECNEC. The present building won’t sustain for more than 5-6 years. One day we’ll have to deliver justice sitting on an open space if the proposed 20-storey annex building is not constructed soon. Honourable Minister, how the judiciary will continue?” he questioned.
Addressing the programme, Anisul Huq said, “Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana is part of history of the country and its judiciary. Following her footsteps, many women have taken up this profession. Now there are 24 percent female judges in the country.”
