50pc irregularities will come down if cases filed centrally

Around 50 percent of irregularities at the Supreme Court will be reduced if cases are filed centrally, said Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday.

"If we don't find out the root of the problems, irregularities will not be dispelled…," he said without elaborating the irregularities.

He made the comment while speaking as chief guest at a meeting organised in memory of late Attorney General Mahbubey Alam who passed away on September 27.

Law Reporters Forum (LRF) organised the event at the Supreme Court Bar Association auditorium.

Mahmud Hossain said, "Mahbubey Alam had told me that all the irregularities at the court must be stopped and he also said if a central system (of filing cases) is introduced, the irregularities will be prevented."

"I want his wish to be implemented. No case will be heard and disposed of from now on breaking the serial," the chief justice said.

He also asked journalists to publish reports on SC verdicts regarding confirmation of death sentences of convicts along with verdicts of the acquittals of accused.

He said the government is embarrassed at the incidents of rape as a minister reportedly said the government cannot avoid the responsibility of the incidents. "We, who are in the judiciary, also want proper trial of the incidents," he said.

Reminiscing works and life of Mahbubey Alam, the chief justice prayed for eternal peace and salvation of his departed soul.

Law Minister Anisul Huq, who spoke as special guest, told the meeting that the late attorney general never compromised with his non-communal belief and spirit of the Liberation War.

He never backtracked from protecting the independence and dignity of the judiciary. "If the rare qualities of Mahbubey Alam are followed, he will be honoured properly," the minister said.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said giving false enrolment certificates by the Bangladesh Bar Council has been stopped through the sole attempts of Mahbubey Alam as its chairman.

The judiciary has accepted and recorded many of his (Mahbubey Alam) arguments, he said, adding that research on Mahbubey Alam needs to take place.

Justice Obaidul Hassan, a judge of the SC's Appellate Division; State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali; High Court judges Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Jahangir Hossain Selim; former Appellate Division judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik; SCBA President AM Amin Uddin, Additional Attorney General Murad Reza, SCBA Secretary Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal, SC lawyer KM Saifuddin and LRF President Mashudul Hoque also spoke.