Syed Refaat Ahmed took the oath as Bangladesh‘s new chief justice on Sunday, succeeding Obaidul Hassan, who resigned together with 5 different Appellate Division judges on Saturday.
The oath-taking ceremony for Chief Justice Ahmed was held on the Darbar Corridor of the president’s official residence, with President Mohammed Shahabuddin administering the oath within the presence of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who heads the interim authorities following Hasina’s ouster.
Their resignations got here amidst huge avenue protests demanding a revamp of the judiciary, with protesters gathering on the apex courtroom premises and issuing an ultimatum for the judges to step down by 1 pm.
Hassan, appointed to steer the Supreme Courtroom final 12 months, was focused by protesters who thought-about him a loyalist of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A number of prime officers in Bangladesh, together with the Dhaka College vice-chancellor and the Bangla Academy Director Normal, have additionally resigned from their posts within the wake of the continued protests by college students and different demonstrators.
In response to the latest countrywide protests, the legislation ministry has determined to withdraw all circumstances filed between July 1 and August 5 inside three working days and launch these arrested in these circumstances from Youngster Detention Centres. The scholars claimed that these circumstances have been filed to suppress their protests and people of others demanding Hasina’s elimination from authorities.
The oath-taking ceremony for Chief Justice Ahmed was held on the Darbar Corridor of the president’s official residence, with President Mohammed Shahabuddin administering the oath within the presence of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who heads the interim authorities following Hasina’s ouster.
Their resignations got here amidst huge avenue protests demanding a revamp of the judiciary, with protesters gathering on the apex courtroom premises and issuing an ultimatum for the judges to step down by 1 pm.
Hassan, appointed to steer the Supreme Courtroom final 12 months, was focused by protesters who thought-about him a loyalist of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A number of prime officers in Bangladesh, together with the Dhaka College vice-chancellor and the Bangla Academy Director Normal, have additionally resigned from their posts within the wake of the continued protests by college students and different demonstrators.
In response to the latest countrywide protests, the legislation ministry has determined to withdraw all circumstances filed between July 1 and August 5 inside three working days and launch these arrested in these circumstances from Youngster Detention Centres. The scholars claimed that these circumstances have been filed to suppress their protests and people of others demanding Hasina’s elimination from authorities.
