Staff Reporter :
Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique on Thusrday said, the judges are trying their best with honesty, talent and hard work to reduce the case backlog and to send the distressed justice-seeking people back home from the court premises as soon as possible.
He said also that he had instructed every judge and other officials to treat everyone humanely and he will not tolerate if anyone takes advantage of the plight of the people on the court premises.
The Chief Justice said this at the inaugural ceremony of a newly constructed 12-storey modern building “Bijoy Ekattor” of Bangladesh Supreme Court. The inaugural ceremony was held on the Supreme Court premises in the capital city on Thursday.
In the program the Chief Justice said, “The judiciary of Bangladesh is constantly working for upholding the spirit of the Constitution of the country and for ensuring justice.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly constructed 12-storey building joining virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq and Attorney General Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin also spoke on the occasion. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary Md Golam Sarwar gave the welcome address.
Former Chief Justices, justices of the supreme courts and eminent lawyers, were also present on the occasion.
Addressing the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice also said, “You know, bar and bench are the two wings of a bird. A strong bar is essential for a strong judiciary. The current number of the lawyers in the Bangladesh Supreme Court is 9302. It is almost impossible to accommodate them in the bar buildings we have now.”
“We all have a responsibility to give them an opportunity to seat in the bar buildings so that they can work properly. That is why it is absolutely necessary to build a new building for the bar members,” the Chief Justice also said.
He said, “It is imperative to build a multi-storied building to preserve the records of the Supreme Court cases. Its our Constitutional mandate to preserve the records of the cases. We are preserving millions of records, including the records of undivided India. Now the record rooms have no enough spaces to preserved new records.”
In addition, a multi-storey administrative building needs to be constructed, said the CJ adding that they cannot provide seats for their officers and staffs. The Chief Justice sought help and cooperation from the Prime Minister in the construction of these two buildings.
