Newly-appointed HC judges take oath

The newly appointed 23 additional judges of the High Court Division were sworn in this morning. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to the judges at the Supreme Court (SC) Judges’ Lounge at 11 am as SC Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan conducted the ceremony.

Judges of both the divisions of the Supreme Court, attorney general and senior lawyers and family members of the newly-appointed judges were present on the occasion, among others.

The government yesterday appointed the 23 new additional judges, raising the number of them at the High Court Division to 101.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointment for two years in line with Article 98 of the Constitution, a Law and Justice Division gazette notification said.

Signed by Law Secretary Md Golam Rabbani, the notification said the appointment will come into effect from the date of their oath.

The 23 new additional judges are- Md Golam Martuza Mazumder, Syed Enayet Hossain, Md Monsur Alam, Syed Jahed Mansur, KM Rasheduzzaman Raja, Md Zabid Hossain, Mubina Asaf, Qazi Waliul Islam, Ainun Nahar Siddiqua, Md Abdul Mannan, Tamanna Rahman, Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud, Md Hamidur Rahman, Nasrin Akter, Sathika Hossain, Syed Mohammad Tajrul Hossain, Md Toufik Inam, Eusuf Abdullah Sumon, Sheikh Tahsin Ali, Foyej Ahmed, Md Sogir Hossain, Shikder Mahmudur Razee and Debashish Roy Chowdhury. (BSS)