CJ reconstitutes power of 32 HC benches
Chief Justice (CJ) Md Muzammel Hossain has reconstituted powers of 32 benches of the High Court (HC).
Supreme Court (SC) Registrar AKM Shamsul Islam said the CJ reconstituted powers of 28 division benches and 4 single benches of the HC on July 5.
Meanwhile, the SC reopens today after a two-week summer vacation. The Appellate and the HC divisions of the SC went on vacation on June 24.
During the vacation, six HC benches heard and disposed of urgent matters, as the chief justice had given them powers to this effect.
The chief justice had also given charges to two Appellate Division judges out of a total seven to conduct the chamber-court for hearing and disposing the urgent matters on two separate days during the vacation.
According to the SC Registrar Shamsul Islam, there are a total of 100 judges at the HC, and four of them are now working as judges of the International Crimes Tribunals to deal with cases related to crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
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