SC extends time further for gazette notification on judges rules
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the time again by two weeks for the government to issue a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges in response to a time-petition.
An eight-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice S K Sinha, passed the order on Monday morning in response to the time-petition.
The bench fixed March 14 for the next hearing.
Earlier on February 13, the SC had granted the government two weeks to issue a gazette notification in this regard, reports UNB.
On February 6, the court extended the previous deadline by a week in response to a petition filed by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.
The Supreme Court on December 12, 2016 asked authorities concerned to issue the gazette notification by January 15, 2017. Later, the deadline was extended till February 5.
President Abdul Hamid had decided not to issue a gazette over the matter despite a court order requiring the government to do so. Then the bench said the President might have been misinformed.
A historic Appellate Division verdict on the Masdar Hossain case mandated drafting a 12-point guideline on the separation of the judiciary from the executive.
So far, the Supreme Court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue a gazette notification on the finalised rules.