SC asks govt to publish gazette on lower court judges' conduct
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the government to publish by February 5 a gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and conduct of lower court judges.
The SC passed the order following a petition moved by the attorney general seeking four weeks' time for the gazette.
The government had drafted the rules and sent those to the SC for its opinion. The court revised the draft rules in the light of the 1999 verdict in the separation of the judiciary case. On December 12 last year, the apex court asked the law ministry to issue a gazette notification on the rules by today, adjourning the hearing on the Masdar Hossain case, also known as the separation of the judiciary case, till that date.
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