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President seeks unison among 3 state organs
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DHAKA, Jan 2, 2018 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid today asked the three
state organs to work in unison laying priority to the welfare of the country
and its people addressing a function to mark the Supreme Court Day.
“We have to bear in mind that no activity of any state organ hampers the
function of others or hinders the national interest,” he told the function
hosted by Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah on the Supreme Court (SC)
premises.
The President urged the Supreme Court judges to deliver their tasks with
utmost caution as they hold the crucial authority of “judicial review”.
He said the higher judiciary role was very important in flourishing
democracy, ensuring socio-cultural progress and consolidating rule of law and
lauded its outstanding performance that had helped restoration of people’s
democratic rights particularly through declaring void the fifth and seventh
constitutional amendments.
The President also appreciated the apex courts judges as they did not bow
their heads to the guns of the vested quarter and rather tried their level
best to establish the rule of law in the country.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq, Attorney
General Mahabubey Alam, Bangladesh Bar Council Vice Chairman Abdul Baset
Mojumder, Supreme Court Bar Association president Joynul Abedin and judges
committee president justice Mirza Hossain Haider also spoke at the function.
The president asked the judiciary to bring dynamism in case management by
using the facilities of Information Technology (IT).
“Necessary steps will have to be taken to carry out official activities
of countrywide courts in digital system,” he said while addressing a function
on the premises of Bangladesh Supreme Court (SC) marking the Supreme Court
Day.
Noting that the “online cause-list” was introduced in the Supreme Court
and the “online bail confirmation system” appeared effective there, the
President put emphasis on digitizing all files and records as the “Supreme
Court is the Court of Records” as well.
President Hamid also asked the SC administration to take pragmatic steps
for preserving all the activities from filing cases to pronouncing judgments
in digital system.
“Measures can be taken to produce the accused before court from the jail
and take deposition of witnesses through videoconferencing. The Supreme Court
will have to be active to implement the e-Judiciary in days to come as the
government is very sincere about it,” he said.
President Hamid also recalled the significant role of lawyers in
establishing justice and the rule of law, and hoped that they would help
ensure quick justice for the litigants with their talent, intelligence,
wisdom, honesty and sincerity.
“There is no alternative to democracy and good governance for the
advancement . . . Maintaining good relations and coordination among
legislature, executive and judiciary is very urgent”, President Hamid said.
At the outset of his speech, the President paid rich tribute to Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who presented a Constitution on
November 4, 1972, aimed at building hunger and poverty free Bangladesh with
no discrimination between the rich and the poor.
Judges, senior lawyers, high civil and military officials were present on
the occasion.
Earlier, the acting CJ and other judges welcomed the president on his
arrival on the SC premises, where he planted a Spanish Cherry sapling.
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