Court Correspondent :
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday ordered five Supreme Court lawyers to submit before it on July 10 their statements explaining their position in connection with obstructing court proceedings, shouting in the courtroom and assaulting a bench officer on June 19.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury passed the order after the five lawyers appeared in the court on Sunday morning in response to summons of the court issued on June 19.
The five lawyers are Nur-e-Alam Uzzal, Motilal Bepari, Billah Hosain Lijen Patwari, BM Sultan Mahmud and Mohammad Ali.
On June 19, the bench issued a rule on a suo moto (of its own) move asking the lawyers to explain in 10 days as to why action should not be taken against them for committing contempt of court by obstructing its proceeding and shouting in the courtroom.
During Sunday’s proceedings, the judges said that the lawyers are officers of the court and therefore, they cannot take the law into their own hands.
If any bench officer commits any corruption or does any misconduct, the allegation can be brought to the Chief Justice or the High Court judges against the bench officer, Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder commented.
The High Court, however, exempted Nur-e-Alam Uzzal and Lijen Patwari from personal appearance, as they submitted two separate applications before it for exempting them from personal appearance before it in connection with the concerned rule.
Three lawyers— Motilal Bepari, BM Sultan Mahmud and Mohammad Ali told the court that they were not present in the courtroom during the incident on June 19.
The lawyers allegedly assaulted bench officer Rafiqul Islam and ransacked the court documents as their motion petitions were not included in the cause list for hearing on June 19. The incident took place after the judges left the courtroom after court hour on that day.
A number of Supreme Court lawyers including Mohammad Oji Ullah, SM Rezaul Karim, Bodruddoza Badal and Azhar Ullah Bhuiyan appeared on behalf of the five lawyers.
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday ordered five Supreme Court lawyers to submit before it on July 10 their statements explaining their position in connection with obstructing court proceedings, shouting in the courtroom and assaulting a bench officer on June 19.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury passed the order after the five lawyers appeared in the court on Sunday morning in response to summons of the court issued on June 19.
The five lawyers are Nur-e-Alam Uzzal, Motilal Bepari, Billah Hosain Lijen Patwari, BM Sultan Mahmud and Mohammad Ali.
On June 19, the bench issued a rule on a suo moto (of its own) move asking the lawyers to explain in 10 days as to why action should not be taken against them for committing contempt of court by obstructing its proceeding and shouting in the courtroom.
During Sunday’s proceedings, the judges said that the lawyers are officers of the court and therefore, they cannot take the law into their own hands.
If any bench officer commits any corruption or does any misconduct, the allegation can be brought to the Chief Justice or the High Court judges against the bench officer, Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder commented.
The High Court, however, exempted Nur-e-Alam Uzzal and Lijen Patwari from personal appearance, as they submitted two separate applications before it for exempting them from personal appearance before it in connection with the concerned rule.
Three lawyers— Motilal Bepari, BM Sultan Mahmud and Mohammad Ali told the court that they were not present in the courtroom during the incident on June 19.
The lawyers allegedly assaulted bench officer Rafiqul Islam and ransacked the court documents as their motion petitions were not included in the cause list for hearing on June 19. The incident took place after the judges left the courtroom after court hour on that day.
A number of Supreme Court lawyers including Mohammad Oji Ullah, SM Rezaul Karim, Bodruddoza Badal and Azhar Ullah Bhuiyan appeared on behalf of the five lawyers.
