Staff Reporter :
The Supreme Court administration released 43 officers and employees of the affidavit section after issuing warnings to them on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier, the employees had been detained for an hour in a drive against corruption and irregularities.
The drive was conducted by an administrative team headed by Justice Imman Ali as the Appellate division decided to clamp down on corruption and irregularities in a meeting on August 8. The Appellate division took the decision in response to a complaint from the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal said: “Corruption and irregularities have plagued the activities of the Supreme Court for a long time, so we filed the complaint at the Appellate division meeting on August 8. An article by the Dhaka Tribune on the need for bribery to get anything done at the court was discussed at the meeting.”
According to the SC administration, the 43 detained employees were found neglecting their duties and assigned work.
Following the detentions, some employees attempted to protest the drive until Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal stopped the situation from escalating. After the mediation of the Bar Association, the detained employees were warned not to carry out any more misconduct and released.
Advocate Mohammad Mashiur Rahman, a member of the Bar Association executive committee, told Dhaka Tribune: “Lawyers have been raising their voice against the long running corruption and irregularities at Supreme Court. Recently, we filed a complaint on the corruption and irregularities with the chief justice. Following the complaint, the administration conducted the drive and found misconduct by 43 employees.”
In another incident, Murshedul Hasan has been dismissed from his post of bench officer, as per service rues, as a drug case has been filed against him, the SC administration said in a separate press release.
