Non-Compliance with SC Order
Four secys face contempt of court
The Supreme Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against four secretaries for not raising salaries and other facilities for the lower court judges as per its earlier order.
The court asked the secretaries to the cabinet division and ministries of finance, law, and public administration to explain in two weeks why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them.
The four bureaucrats were also asked to attend the court on March 14 and explain why they did not execute its order.
The rule came during the hearing of Masdar Hossain Case, popularly known as the judiciary separation case, which resulted in the separation of the judiciary and creation of the Judicial Service Pay Commission (JSPC) in 2007.
In 2008, the JSPC recommended providing lower court judges additional allowances equivalent to their basic monthly salaries and increasing other amenities.
As the recommendation remained unimplemented, the SC on July 19 last year asked the government to implement it in a month. The apex court then extended its order several times after the government prayed for more and more time to execute the order.
The six-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, which issued the rule, will hold the next hearing on March 14.
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