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Download PDF Following the separation of the judiciary from the executive, an independent judiciary started working across the country yesterday amid enthusiasm and high hopes.
Judicial magistrate courts passed a busy day yesterday with a huge number of cases in their hands, holding meetings and people filing cases.
In many places, judges and lawyers celebrated the judiciary separation by cutting cakes and releasing pigeons.
According to the chief adviser’s speech, the government created a total of 4,273 posts for the judicial magistracy including 655 posts of judicial magistrate and 3,618 posts of support staff to facilitate an effective and functioning independent judiciary.
The government has already appointed chief metropolitan magistrate, chief judicial magistrate and other judicial magistrates.
In the capital, a total of 15 judicial magistrates started their work under the chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) and chief judicial magistrate with 97,000 cases on their hands.
Out of the 15 magistrates, 10 will work under Dhaka metropolis and five will work at different police station areas under Dhaka district including Dhamrai, Keraniganj, Dohar and Savar.
Of the 10 magistrates in Dhaka metropolis, one is the chief metropolitan magistrate, three are additional chief metropolitan magistrates and six are metropolitan magistrates.
Out of the 97,000 cases, 91,000 falls under the Dhaka metropolis and the rest under Dhaka district.
Earlier, 25 magistrates worked under the Dhaka metropolitan area and 27 magistrates were working under Dhaka district.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Association yesterday brought out a procession celebrating the separation of the judiciary from the executive.
Judicial work started from 2:00pm yesterday.
Our correspondents from across the country sent reports on the first day activities of the independent judiciary.
BARISAL
District and Sessions Judge Shahidullah inaugurated the newly formed judicial magistrate courts of Barisal following a discussion meeting of the judges and advocates. Barisal district bar association organised the meeting at its auditorium.
Sources said documents of 17,000 cases of 40 upazila magistrate courts of Barisal division have been sent to the newly established 13 judicial magistrate courts and eight special judicial magistrate courts.
Sources said appointments of 21 chief, additional chief and judicial magistrates in the 21 judicial magistrate courts are complete.
These courts include three judicial magistrate courts of Barisal districts with 6,000 cases, two judicial magistrate courts in Jhalakathi district with 1,700 cases, six judicial magistrate courts and four special judicial magistrate courts with 2,500 cases in Patuakhali, four judicial magistrate courts and two special magistrate courts with 1,800 cases in Barguna, four judicial magistrate courts and one special judicial magistrate court with 3,000 cases in Bhola, two judicial magistrate courts and one special judicial magistrate courts with 2,000 cases in Pirojpur district.
CHITTAGONG
Newly appointed eleven judicial magistrates, five for metropolitan courts and six for district courts, started carrying out their duties in the morning, said sources.
Earlier, speakers in a ceremony on the occasion urged people from all cross-sections to cooperate with the judiciary to make the separation meaningful.
Chittagong District Bar Association (CDBA) organised a brief discussion at around 9:30am on the occasion of historic separation.
CDBA President advocate Abdul Kuddus presided over the discussion held at the auditorium of the association office.
Speakers greeted the newly appointed judicial magistrates who were present during the ceremony.
SYLHET
Four Judicial magistrate courts out of a total of 15 started operating on the first day of the separation of judiciary at divisional headquarters of Sylhet with a brief opening ceremony on the premises of the Bar library.
Rafiqul Alam, Additional District and Sessions Judge-I, Sylhet, took over as Chief Judicial Magistrate for Sylhet.
AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan has joined as Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate while AKM Mozammel Haque Chowdhury took over as Senior Judicial Magistrate.
Nazmul Haque has started working as Judicial Magistrate at Zakiganj upazila headquarters.
Courts of an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, four Senior Judicial Magistrates and six Judicial Magistrates will be set up soon, official sources added.
KHULNA
Six new courtrooms with necessary logistics support were inaugurated yesterday on the occasion of separation of judiciary.
Chief Metropolitan Judicial Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Shamim Azad and Metropolitan Judicial Magistrate Arun Chakravarty attended their new offices.
3,444 cases have already been transferred from the court of chief metropolitan magistrate. Of those, 1624 are under trial.
RANGAMATI
People from all walks of life thronged the district court building as judicial work was going to be held for the first time under the new judicial magistracy court. Judicial work started in Rangamati under the judicial magistracy court.
A meeting organised by the district bar association was held on the court building premises in the morning. Lawyers, journalists, civil society members and professionals attended the meeting.
Activities of the judicial magistracy courts in Bandarban and Khagrachhari districts also started simultaneously, sources said.
MYMENSINGH
On the first day of the separated judiciary, 24 cases were lodged and the courts accepted the cases, sources said.
Around 20,000 under trial cases were also transferred to the judicial magistrate courts from the magistrate courts, the sources added.
At 9:00am, the judicial courts started their activities through offering prayers at the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate SM Aminul Islam.
District bar association held a discussion titled “Separation of Judiciary for Establishing Justice and Good Governance” at its auditorium yesterday with advocate Mahmud Al Noor Tareq in the chair.
The discussants urged the lawyer community to be vigilant to be able to run the judiciary smoothly.
DINAJPUR
Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner AM Saiful Hasan in a simple ceremony handed over necessary documents to newly appointed Chief Judicial Magistrate M Zahidul Islam.
AKM Fazlul Haque, additional chief judicial magistrate, M Rezaul Karim, judicial magistrate, Kazi Hasan Ahmed, ADC general and Abul Basar, ADC revenue, were present among others during the handover.
SATKHIRA
District and Sessions Judge Ashish Ranjan Das inaugurated Satkhira District Judicial Magistracy.
Satkhira District Bar Association organised a discussion and brought out a procession that marched through the main streets of the town.
FARIDPUR
Judges and lawyers of the town yesterday celebrated the separation judicial by freeing pigeons and cutting a 15-pound cake.
A discussion meeting was arranged at Bar Library with Advocate Mofazzel Hossen in the chair. District Sessions Judge Abdul Majid was chief guest and Chief Judicial Magistrate Kazi Golam Sarwar was special guest of the discussion.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:39 am
I was utterly surprised to see your Headline “Festive Mood all around”
When all people are neglected, corruption every where, Climatic Calamities is all around, You call it fastive Mood simply because of separation of Judiciaries. Howlong honesty will prevail in
Bangladesh when corruption still prevail in every corner of Bangladesh!
Look at India how they are striding ahead in the socio economic world!They must be juvial if they want to.