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DHAKA, May 18, 2025 (BSS) - The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) 
today adjourned its hearing on a petition seeking a review of the apex court 
judgment on Warrant of Precedence till July 1.

A six-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam 
passed the order this morning.

Barrister Salah Uddin Dolon took part in the hearing for the cabinet 
secretary while Barrister Nihad Kabir and Advocate Probir Niogi argued for 
the review plea filed by Bangladesh Judicial Service Association. Senior 
Advocate Ahsanul Karim and Barrister M Abdul Qaium stood for the deputy and 
assistant attorney generals, who became a party in the case.

Md Ataur Rahman, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Judicial Service 
Association, filed a writ petition on behalf of the organisation in 2006 with 
the High Court (HC), challenging the legality of the Warrant of Precedence. 
The pleader in the petition said the Cabinet Division had framed the existing 
Warrant of Precedence in 1986 in an arbitrary manner, without evaluating the 
dignity and status of judicial officials.

The HC on February 4, 2010, declared the Warrant of Precedence of 1986 
illegal and invalid and issued eight directions in this regard. The state, 
however, in 2011 appealed against the judgment. The Appellate Division of the 
Supreme Court after hearing the appeal, pronounced its judgment on January 
11, 2015.

It also came up with some corrections over the eight directions issued by the 
High Court and made three directions out of those.
 
Bangladesh Judicial Service Association after that filed the plea, seeking 
review of the Appellate Division judgment. Later, the deputy and assistant 
attorney generals too became party in the case.