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Download PDF Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will not give traditional farewell to the incumbent Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin when he retires next month.
As a mark of ’silent protest’ against the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, the SCBA will also refrain from organising a programme to welcome the new chief justice who will be appointed after retirement of Ruhul Amin.
Newly elected SCBA President Barrister Shafique Ahmed told the press about their decisions after yesterday’s judgment given by the seven-member full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin, against HC verdict that quashed an extortion case against Sheikh Hasina and declared illegal bringing of the case under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR),
“The SCBA in its earlier general meeting had decided that it would not give farewell to the present chief justice when he retires,” said Barrister Shafique.
“We will do this as a mark of silent protest against the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court,” he told reporters after receiving SC judgment on Hasina’s case.
He said the SCBA has taken up this programme to uphold the constitution.
Barrister Shafique, also the counsel for Awami League chief Shiekh Hasina, strongly criticised yesterday’s judgment of the Appellate Division. He also criticised the apex court’s recent verdict, cancelling another HC judgment that declared its jurisdiction to consider bail petition in criminal cases under the EPR.
Barrister Rafique-ul Huq, chief counsel for Hasina, explained that SCBA’s programme is not against any person — it’s a silent protest against the Appellate Division.
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